Performance Audit into Defence’s Management of Contracts for the Supply of Munitions – a statement in response from Air Marshal Leon Phillips, Chief of Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Group. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has completed the first of two performance audits into Defence’s procurement process to establish the Strategic Domestic Munitions Manufacturing…
Boeing and Australian manufacturer Ferra Engineering have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to continue production of Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range (JDAM ER) wing kits for local and export markets. The companies also plan explore applications for Powered JDAM — a long-range, low-cost and mass-producible JDAM derivative capable of travelling upwards of 300 nautical…
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has announced it will purchase new, smart sea mines, which will reinvigorate Defence’s maritime mining capability, and are deployable from submarines, ships and aircraft, according to an announcement. Following evaluation of market options last year, Defence selected RWM Italia (pictured) to provide the capability under a multi-million-dollar contract – the…