A six-week test of four Australian-developed quantum technology-based clocks, which had their performance tested by AUKUS partners in Washington DC, has been hailed as a success. According to a statement from defence industry minister Pat Conroy on Tuesday, the project was supported through two government contracts totalling $2.7 million. It saw two clocks each provided…
Kongsberg Defence Australia (KDAu) has secured two export deals totalling $80 million and covering launcher systems and command and control consoles, which will all be assembled using “100 per cent Australian made components and subsystems”. According to a statement from Defence on Thursday, KDAu secured a $50 million order for Australian-made Naval Strike Missile (NSM)…
The federal government has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ (MHI) upgraded Mogami-class frigate for Project SEA 3000, with the first three of 11 to be built in Japan and the rest in Western Australia. MHI’s Mogami was announced as the preferred platform for general purpose frigates fleet on Tuesday, beating Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems’ MEKO A200s.…
Ghost Bat in new milestone The Australian made and designed autonomous aircraft, MQ-28A Ghost Bat (pictured), has achieved was the federal government has described as a major capability milestone. The first military combat aircraft to be designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia in more than 50 years conducted a capability demonstration at Woomera, involving “a single…
Round 26 CRC information session on March 26 A special information session is being held by Cooperative Research Australia for those bidding or considering bidding for a Cooperative Research Centre (CRC.) Hosted in collaboration with the federal Department of Industry, Science, and Resources, the session comes ahead of Round 26 of CRC grants (closing on…
HII has been awarded an initial $9.6 million by the federal government to deliver a new Australian Submarine Supplier Qualification Pilot
The federal government has made two contract announcements, totalling $190 million and involving James Fisher Defence (JFD) Australia, covering diving and hyperbaric equipment, and submarine escape and rescue services. According to a statement from defence industry minister Pat Conroy on Wednesday, $100 million was awarded to JFD for a five-year contract extension as Category Integrator…
A $272 million purchase by the federal government will see defence electronics company CEA Technologies deliver “up to 14 multi-mission phased array radars (MMPARs) for the Australian Army”. According to a short announcement from defence minister Richard Marles on Wednesday, delivery of the phased array radars is scheduled to begin in 2027 The radars will…
The federal government has announced new contracts through its Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) program to Advanced Design Technology (ADT) and Penten, with a combined value of over $8 million. A statement from defence industry minister Pat Conroy on Thursday asserts that the contracts will provide the two companies with “critical financial support” as they…
Two unnamed companies, one based in Adelaide and the other in Brisbane, have been awarded a combined $61.5 million in funding under the federal government’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s (ASCA) Mission 1. According to a statement from defence industry minister Pat Conroy on Wednesday, the move to the delivery phase of Mission 1 (named Black…