Electro Optic Systems has announced that it has secured a new order for Remote Weapon Systems amounting to €31 million (approx. AU $53 million). 

HDR has appointed Kate Macdonald as Associate Principal, Defence and Aviation, to bolster the Australian firm.

BMT has partnered with BAE Systems Australia to bid for the future sustainment of the Anzac Class Design Support Contract, which is currently the subject of an open Commonwealth tender.

Boeing Defence Australia has been awarded the P-8A Poseidon fleet sustainment contract which is worth $291 million. BDA will provide life support to the fleet in the hopes this will guarantee the long-term operational readiness of the fleet. 

Beaufort has equipped its 100th F-35 pilot in Japan with a fully tailored Aircrew Flight Equipment ensemble, marking a milestone in its ongoing support of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and the global F-35 Lightning II programme.

Stratoship has conducted field testing of its remotely piloted high-altitude airship, designed to reduce Australia's dependence on foreign satellites for communications and observation capabilities.

The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator is wanting industry support to enhance Defence’s counter drone capabilities with the launch of Mission Syracuse. 

Australia needs a sovereign capability to quickly place persistent sensors and communications relays over disaster areas or battlefields. High altitude balloons can deliver capability quickly and at less cost than orbital launches | Grant McHerron

Thanks to future enhancements, the RAAF’s 24 F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-role fighters are to remain in service until 2040 rather than being retired by 2027, as previously intended | Julian Kerr

While intensive activity continues bedding down the first of the RAAF’s Triton MQ-4C high altitude long endurance unmanned aerial systems, preparations are underway for the arrival of the second and third aircraft in the third quarter of 2025 | Julian Kerr

The RAAF currently provides an extensive set of EW capabilities across its various platforms which are set to further improve with upgrades and extensions to the Growler fleet and the introduction of the Peregrine | Grant McHerron

Defence in partnership with Lockheed Martin, has connected F-35 simulators at Royal Australian Air Force bases Williamtown and Tindal via F-35's distributed mission training network. 

The two Australian companies who won contracts after last year’s AUKUS Innovation Challenge are expected to demonstrate their new Electronic Warfare technologies at the end of this calendar year | Gregor Ferguson

Today’s battlefields demonstrate that Australian military commanders will need the capability to defend against large numbers of nimble, unmanned aerial systems used by opponents for awareness, targeting and attacking | Grant McHerron

H&B Defence – a joint venture between HII and Babcock - has won its first contract to enhance supply chain capabilities for AUKUS through the Australian Submarine Supplier Qualification Pilot Program.