Canberra defence company EOS has demonstrated gun and laser counter-drone systems during trials in outback NSW | Max Blenkin

Toll Aviation and American defence technology company Shield AI have announced a teaming agreement to bring the V-BAT uncrewed aerial system to Australia.

Quickstep has signed an exclusive manufacturing and engineering integration agreement for the TB2 Pod Interface system.

Shield AI and Sentient Vision Systems have announced a collaboration to deliver a wide area motion imagery solution.

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The idea behind the Razer is the same as the American JDAM: to transform a standard, unguided bomb into a precision air-launched missile using a kit straight out of the box.

The Albanese government has directed Defence to deliver options to accelerate development of the Boeing Australia MQ-28A Ghost Bat autonomous air vehicle “without delay”.

Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton sensor and mission systems suite has been put to the test under operational conditions during the recent Northern Edge 2023 exercise, conducted around the Gulf of Alaska.

SYPAQ Systems and Tanglewood Group have announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership that will support ongoing global sales of the SYPAQ Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System uncrewed aerial system.

On the final trade day of LIMA 2023, Malaysia’s Defence Minister Mohamad bin Haji Hassan presided over the announcement of a slew of new capabilities for the country’s armed forces, including the acquisition of MALE drones from Turkey.

DroneShield has received two orders totalling approximately $2.2 million for a number of its handheld systems, including the recently launched DroneGun Mk4 portable drone countermeasure product.

Weaponised autonomous drones made by the US parent company of defence contractor Anduril Australia are providing an important new capability in Ukraine’s struggle against Russian forces, the US company’s founder Palmer Luckey has told ADM.

Australian drone manufacturer Carbonix has signed a new $2.3 million contract with Quickstep that will see the company triple its drone production over the next year.

BMT has been granted a patent by the UK Intellectual Property Office for a concept called ‘BMT SPARROW’, an autonomous ‘air-ground payload transfer device’ for drone delivery applications.

Israeli defence company Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is considering another bid to sell advanced unmanned aircraft to Australia even though it lost out to the US General Atomics SkyGuardian in the first round.

Delegates flocked to the BAE Systems stand on day one of the Australian International Airshow this week to witness the launch of a new Australian-designed and manufactured VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) Uncrewed Air System (UAS).