Unmanned surface vessels network off NSW
Ocius Technologies' unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have successfully demonstrated their ability to work as an autonomous team off the south coast of NSW. In a statement, the company said that the tests of 'team behaviours' and 'intelligent networking' involving Bluebottle USVs 'Bob' and 'Bruce' occurred last week near Ulladulla under a Defence Innovation Hub contract.
US Navy warship sails into a spot of trouble at Sydney's Garden Island
It’s foreign navy visiting season and hot in the wake of three Chinese warships entering Sydney Harbour a fortnight ago, the US navy sent USS Wasp through the Heads on Tuesday, bristling with the latest in American amphibious warfighting capability. But the arrival dockside at Garden Island did not quite go according to plan.
Leidos signs OPEC Systems for Land 2110
OPEC Systems has signed a $23 million contract with Leidos Australia to support Land 2110 Phase 1B of Defence's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Defence (CBRND) project. Leidos was awarded the $243.5 million contract in September 2018. OPEC Systems will partner with Leidos Australia for up to ten years on this contract with Capability Acquisition and […]
Defence Science Centre to bolster Western Australia’s defence industry
The State Government has laid the groundwork for Western Australia (WA) to be at the forefront of cutting edge science and innovation with the establishment of the Defence Science Centre (DSC). According to a recent press release, the DSC is the product of collaboration among the State and Commonwealth governments, including four public universities in […]
Rachel Noble new head of Australian Cyber Security Centre, in Australian Signals Directorate
Rachel Nobel has been named the new head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre, taking on the role of protecting government cyber security. Ms Noble will replace Alastair MacGibbon, who announced he was stepping down from the role in May. She is currently deputy secretary of the executive group at the Department of Home Affairs, […]
Leidos Awarded Contract to Support Counterintelligence Operations
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force's Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) to provide intelligence support services. The single award, firm-fixed-price, level-of-effort award has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options and a total ceiling of approximately $50 million if […]
Raytheon Wins $234 Million U.S. Navy Contract for 23 JPALS Landing Systems
Raytheon won a four-year $234 million contract from the U.S. Navy to outfit all of its nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships with 23 Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems (JPALS), the company announced in a release. JPALS is a GPS-based precision landing system that guides aircraft to precision landings in all weather and […]
Elbit Systems Awarded $73 Million Contract to Supply J-MUSIC DIRCM Systems for the German Air Force
Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT) (ESLT) ("Elbit Systems") announced today that it was awarded an approximately $73 million contract from Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG ("Diehl Defence") to provide J-MUSIC™ Directed Infrared Counter Measure (DIRCM) systems for the German Air Forces' Airbus A400M aircraft. The contract will be performed over a four-year period.
Who wins the $10 billion Pentagon project? Microsoft or Amazon?
The Pentagon has selected two biggies, Microsoft and Amazon (Amazon Web services), for its $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defence Infrastructure Cloud Contract (JEDI) as Oracle missed clinching on the deal. IBM was also in the race for the deal but both these tech biggies missed out on the same when they failed to pass through […]
Is there more to the defence debate than China?
The good news is, if the economic slowdown continues, we'll soon be spending more than 2 per cent of GDP on defence without really trying. The bad news is, of course, that this shows the utter pointlessness of measuring military spending in this way. It's much better to have a growing economy and shrinking spending […]

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