The Australian Government will mark a milestone this week in the development and testing of advanced undersea warfare capabilities for the Australian Defence Force at Maritime Big Play Pacific – an AUKUS Pillar II exercise – in San Diego.

Dassault Systèmes has announced that Safran Electronics & Defense Australasia has selected its Enovia and Catia applications, powered by its 3DExperience platform, to support the design, development and production of high-technology equipment.

Despite losing out to Lockheed Martin for Defence’s Land 8113 Phase 2 contract, Kongsberg Australia remains confident about the export potential of its StrikeMaster variant of the proven Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defence System | Nigel Pittaway

Exercise Keris Woomera 26 is underway in Indonesia, Williamstown shipyard is being sold to a developer part-owned by a Hong Kong company, Drone Forge signs MoU with Arkeus, and RAN Seahawks to receive advanced magnetic anomaly detectors.

The Navy’s Sikorsky SH-60R (Romeo) Seahawk helicopters are set to be upgraded with an advanced magnetic anomaly detector for detecting hostile submarines | Max Blenkin

Ocius Technology has officially opened its advanced engineering, production and maintenance hub for Bluebottle Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) in Sydney, including a new 24/7 Global Operations Centre.

The Land Forces expo was packed with drones - big ones, small ones - all with different capabilities | Max Blenkin

Stärke-AMG and Flinders University will lead a new $2.7 million industry-led project to help establish the sovereign capability Australia needs to manufacture critical metal components for defence, maritime and medical applications.

Hanwha Defence Australia has selected Axalta Coating Systems as the paint partner to work on the painting of the AS21 Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle being acquired under Land 400 Phase 3.

ASC and HIFraser will extend their long-standing partnership supporting the Collins-class submarine program beyond 40 years under a new six-year contract.

Australia and Indonesia will work together for Exercise Keris Woomera 26, which has officially begun with an opening ceremony in the East Java port of Banyuwangi.

Australian autonomous systems integrator Drone Forge has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Arkeus to explore the deployment of Warden, Arkeus’ hyperspectral optical radar technology.

Ocius Technology has opened its first overseas advanced maritime maintenance facility in Auckland through its wholly owned subsidiary, Ocius New Zealand.

The last shipyard in Victoria capable of building large military vessels, which overlooks the entrance to the Port of Melbourne, is being sold to a developer part-owned by a Hong Kong company | Grant McHerron

Silentium Defence has highlighted how strategic partnerships with industry and government are helping Australian-developed passive radar technology reach defence and security markets.

Polaris is a regular exhibitor at Australian defence expo events and a regular supplier to the Australian Defence Force but it can’t say how many of its products it supplies or just who to | Max Blenkin