Babcock Australasia has completed the Critical Design Review for the Hunter class frigate Air Weapons Handling System – a key function on the Royal Australian Navy ship.

DTC has launched the BluSDR-6 at MiLCIS 2025 in Canberra, attended by Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko, along with defence industry and government representatives.

ST Engineering iDirect and Black Cat Systems to expand their partnership to establish an Advanced satellite communications Technology Demonstration Lab.

Electro Optic Systems has announced that it has secured a new order for its Slinger Counter-Drone Remote Weapon Systems. 

The Navy’s Hunter Class Frigate Program, which will deliver six world-leading Anti-Submarine Warfare frigates, has become somewhat of a large target for critics in recent times | Nigel Pittaway

Chess Dynamics has confirmed that its latest positioner, Omega, is now in operational use as part of the Blue Jay Horizon system.

ASC and Austal have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on additive manufacturing technologies and workforce development, to strengthen Australia’s sovereign naval capability.

Saab Australia and Adelaide University have signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement as the next step in their ongoing relationship to support sovereign defence capability. 

Babcock Australasia has extended its decade-long partnership with Military and Emergency Services Health Australia. This will enable the defence and emergency services not-for-profit to expand into Western Australia.

1 Space Surveillance Unit’s Commercial Data Mission Centre has delivered its first international Joint Commercial Operations-200 course.

Lockheed Martin has delivered the 750th HIMARS launcher to the US Army. The delivery has come on schedule as part of an urgent production ramp, doubling annual production output from 48 to 96 launchers

One of the questions ADM is asked most frequently about AUKUS is whether it will reduce Australia’s sovereignty | Ewen Levick

Australia has joined India, Japan and the United States for Exercise Malabar, a key Indo-Pacific maritime activity designed to deepen interoperability between regional partners.

Lockheed Martin Australia has delivered the first of two new flight training devices to the Royal Australian Air Force at RAAF Base Pearce to increase the pipeline of qualified Australian Defence Force pilots. 

Billed by Defence Minister Richard Marles as the ‘biggest capability acquisition decision’ made since the optimal pathway for nuclear-powered submarines was announced in March 2023 | Nigel Pittaway

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