Kongsberg Gruppen ASA has been awarded a new 10-year contract to deliver a Vessel Traffic Service system at the Port of Port Hedland.

The government has unveiled payloads for the Ghost Shark and Speartooth UUVs and advancing plans for sovereign solid rocket motor build while Ocius has sent two diesel-hybrid variants of their Bluebottle USV to the Maritime Big Play Pacific exercise.

The launch of Saab Australia’s Allied Mission System on 20 October marks the company’s first foray into the sovereign space domain and comes at a critical time in the quest for Space Domain Awareness | Nigel Pittaway

The vehicles being procured under Land 400, the most expensive acquisition project in the history of the Australian Army, are in production and Australian industry is benefiting, with local content increasing | Grant McHerron

The International Centre for Complex Project Management and ASC have partnered, reinforcing a shared commitment to building the leadership, capability and expertise required to deliver Australia's most complex and strategically significant programs.

L3Harris' Rock Lobster deployable underwater acoustic communication relay system was successfully tested alongside US Navy capabilities during Exercise RimPac 2026 as part of an AUKUS Pillar II undersea warfare activity.

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Japan’s Ministry of Defense has awarded a contract to Ukrainian defence tech start-up SkyFall for an unspecified number of interceptor drones, Japan’s Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi told reporters on 9 October | Corey Lee Bell

Capricorn Space, an Australian-owned and operated ground segment provider, has started preparing the next phase of growth at its Australian Ground Network West site near Mingenew.

Two diesel-hybrid variants of Ocius’ renewably powered Bluebottle Uncrewed Surface Vessel, ‘Bluebottle Hybrid’, have participated in the US Navy-led Maritime Big Play Pacific exercise, which runs throughout October.

The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation will provide $245 million of debt to Austal Defence Shipbuilding Australia to build an advanced manufacturing facility that will enable local production of Landing Craft Heavy for the Australian Army.

Saab has introduced the Allied Mission System, a cloud-based software platform that enables the user to monitor, understand and respond to activity in space.

Australia is advancing plans to build solid rocket motors locally, following an announcement in late April that Northrop Grumman was selected to establish SRM manufacturing | Ewen Levick

Of all Australia’s many defence infrastructure projects, far and away the biggest is the Henderson precinct in Western Australia, a multi-billion-dollar, multi-generational enterprise where warships will be constructed | Max Blenkin

Duratec Ertech Joint Venture, a 50:50 joint venture between Duratec and Ertech, will deliver marine construction solutions as part of the $281 million infrastructure upgrade program at HMAS Stirling.

Almost 300 Australian Defence Force personnel have deployed to Japan to enhance readiness and interoperability as part of Exercise Keen Sword.