RMIT’s “Team Aquarius” entered the competition with a proposal for modular palletised equipment to convert Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft to temporary aerial firefighting platforms.

The launch of the first cubesat, known as ‘Biarri Point’, marks the first risk mitigation phase of a 5-Eyes mission in which members are working to explore cubesat formation flying.

Sycamore was put through her paces with an extensive testing program of all on-board military systems.

The deployment to RAF Lakenheath in England has been long-planned.

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Both Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne and CASG chief Kim Gillis have been open from the beginning that Smart Buyer will mean changes for how Defence does business.

There is a need to design an organisation that is able to deliver after market integration in the short to medium term.

It would appear that Defence’s carefully worded response poses more questions than it actually answers.

In 2015, Ocius teamed with aerospace and defence electronics company Thales to win DST Group Capability Technology Demonstrator funding to develop a USV suitable for ASW.

Supersonic Particle Deposition repairs successfully restore both the lost structural integrity and the load carrying capacity of aircraft wing panels.

Civmec/Forgacs had earlier announced a MoU to establish a joint venture between the two companies

The sale consists of hardware required to run the proprietary software, enabling the client to control the outcome of a UAS engagement.

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ASC West has been structured to optimally support five boats out of WA and its facilities at Henderson have been developed accordingly.

The inaugural Women and National Security Conference, hosted by the National Security College at the Australian National University, took place in Canberra this week.

A Norwegian Defence Ministry statement noted MPAs have been a crucial part of Norwegian presence in the High North since the beginning of the 1960s