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PACIFIC 2019: Lockheed Martin Hoping To Send LRASM Down Under
Lockheed Martin is currently pursuing two different programs calling for the procurement of next generation anti-ship missiles in Australia, Naval News learned from company representatives during PACIFIC 2019, the naval defense exposition held last week in Sydney, Australia. AIR 3023The first program is named AIR 3023 Phase I “Enhanced Maritime Strike for the Air Combat […]
Defence industry minister says she wasn't consulted about 'laughable' FOI response
Journalists and politicians expressed their disbelief after a standard Freedom of Information request from SBS News was met with a cost quote of at least $2,515. Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price says she was not consulted about a “laughable” response to a routine Freedom of Information Request, which the Department of Defence claimed would take […]
French company joins Adelaide cyber-tech hub
French cyber tech company Squad will establish a presence in South Australia’s new space, innovation, defence and cybersecurity precinct. The Lot Fourteen innovation neighbourhood is in the heart of Adelaide and will also be home to the Australian Space Agency, Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre and the Defence and Space Landing Pad, which will support the […]
AUSA 2019: Rheinmetall proposes next generation solutions to US Army highest priority modernization challenges
At this year's annual meeting & exposition of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) in Washington DC, Rheinmetall is showcasing a wide array of next-generation lethal technologies that address many of the U.S. Army's top modernization priorities. These include the next-generation combat vehicle, individual soldier lethality, long-range precision fires, and a synthetic training […]
China's Army Is Getting a New Assault Rifle (And It Could Be a Really Big Deal)
The grandiose military parade that rolled past Tiananmen Square to celebrate the Seventieth Anniversary was an embarrassment of riches for observers of the People’s Liberation Army. Amidst a procession featuring dozens of city-destroying intercontinental ballistic missiles, supersonic stealth fighters, robot submarines, stealth drones and hypersonic cruise missiles, the PLA’s flourishing of a brand-new assault rifle […]
The Army Wants Laser-Armed Drone Killers for its New 'Fighting Vehicle'
Attacking enemy lines as a heavily up-gunned armored robot, firing lasers, knocking enemy drones out of the air with “elevating” weapons, controlling air and ground drones as networked “nodes” in war and using AI to organize long-range targeting data -- are all desired attributes for the Army’s new infantry vehicle - the Optionally Manned Fighting […]
BOEING PARTNERS WITH DCRC TO DEVELOP AI UNMANNED SYSTEMS FOR MILITARY
The Australian aerospace company Boeing has collaborated with the Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence Cooperative Research Centre (DCRC) to develop AI technologies for military operations using unmanned systems. The partnership, as its first project together, will examine an unmanned system’s route planning, location, ability to identify objects. It will also evaluate the platform’s subsequent behavioral response.
Cyber War Between Iran and United States Could Have Far-Reaching Implications
With tensions between Iran and the United States continuing to rise, it now appears that the struggle is starting to spill over into the cyber domain. For the past year, Iranian government officials have suggested that U.S. hackers might be behind a series of cyber attacks against Iranian computer systems. Those fears have been ratcheted […]
The new wave of business cyber attacks
Employees at F.W. Madigan, a Worcester construction contractor, regularly receive suspicious emails from their superiors. The problem is, the emails aren’t really from their bosses, and the messages are scams – attempts at tricking an employee into wiring money to someone, giving tax information or buying gift cards on their behalf.
Australia’s navy is undergunned for denying long-range attackers
The Royal Australian Navy has neglected long-range naval surface-warfare capability for too long. Its new Hobart-class air warfare destroyers represent Australia’s most advanced naval combatant introduced into operational service, but their main anti-ship and land-attack missile, the RGM-84 Harpoon Block II, has a range of only 124 kilometres, is subsonic and has an explosive payload […]

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