Nigel Pittaway

Australia Correspondent

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Australia details its nuclear-submarine ambitions

The Australian government has established a Future Nuclear Submarine Task Force which will work with U.K. and U.S. counterparts over the next twelve to eighteen months to determine the best way to acquire the boats.

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Lockheed, Northrop shortlisted for Australian Air Battle Management System

Defence Minister Peter Dutton and Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price made the joint announcement on Aug. 5.

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Australia is suffering from a defense information dearth

Defense reporting in a country that regards itself as one of the world’s most stable democracies has became a lot harder.

Boeing bullish on battlefield communications market

Boeing Defence Australia is in the final stages of developing its Integrated-Battlefield Telecommunications Network for the Australian Army under Joint Project 2072 Phase 2B, and is now turning its attention to other local opportunities.

Australia invests in advanced maritime weapons, minehunters

The weapons upgrades will be integrated into the Navy’s current and future major surface combatant fleet.

Australia selects Boeing Apache as next armed reconnaissance helicopter

Bell and Airbus Helicopters both tried to convince the government that their respective offerings were the best choice.

Australia, US partner on air-launched hypersonic missile

The new weapon will be a Mach 5-class precision strike missile that is propulsion-launched and powered by an air-breathing scramjet engine.

Australian shipbuilder pushes back against reports of frigate design concerns

ASC Shipbuilding has responded to a June 26 report that said growth in a ship design’s weight and length is “sparking concerns.”

Airbus reveals H145M bid plan for Australian special forces helo competition

With its bid, Airbus will become the second contender in the competition, behind an industry team of Bell and Babcock Australia.

Australia releases weapons wish list amid defense spending boost

Hypersonic weapons development and offensive cyber tools are just some of what Australia has in mind.

Northrop offers Triton drones to Australia, as US budget request pauses orders

Faced with a possible two-year production pause in the wake of the Trump administratoin’s fiscal 2021 budget request, Northrop Grumman is offering to accelerate MQ-4C Triton drone production for Australia.

Australian defense leaders defend submarine buy with France’s Naval Group

Local news media had reported that the government was urged to walk away from the program, after a new audit report described a September 2018 meeting of advisers.

Digital Agility in the Air Force

Updates on U.S. hypersonics development

How does aviation feature in Project Convergence?

Nammo: Long-range precision fires, hypersonics, and fire-from-enclosures

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Northrop Grumman has developed a next-generation signals intelligence architecture

Air Force research lab signs agreement with ‘gas-stations-in-space’ company

Space Force teams with venture capital company on SpaceWERX

How Project Convergence and JADC2 aim to accelerate the decision loop

The US Army will soon be able to see itself in cyberspace on the battlefield

Nigel Pittaway

Australia Correspondent

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The Australian government has established a Future Nuclear Submarine Task Force which will work with U.K. and U.S. counterparts over the next twelve to eighteen months to determine the best way to acquire the boats.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton and Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price made the joint announcement on Aug. 5.

Defense reporting in a country that regards itself as one of the world’s most stable democracies has became a lot harder.

Boeing Defence Australia is in the final stages of developing its Integrated-Battlefield Telecommunications Network for the Australian Army under Joint Project 2072 Phase 2B, and is now turning its attention to other local opportunities.

The weapons upgrades will be integrated into the Navy’s current and future major surface combatant fleet.

Bell and Airbus Helicopters both tried to convince the government that their respective offerings were the best choice.

The new weapon will be a Mach 5-class precision strike missile that is propulsion-launched and powered by an air-breathing scramjet engine.

ASC Shipbuilding has responded to a June 26 report that said growth in a ship design’s weight and length is “sparking concerns.”

With its bid, Airbus will become the second contender in the competition, behind an industry team of Bell and Babcock Australia.

Hypersonic weapons development and offensive cyber tools are just some of what Australia has in mind.

Faced with a possible two-year production pause in the wake of the Trump administratoin’s fiscal 2021 budget request, Northrop Grumman is offering to accelerate MQ-4C Triton drone production for Australia.

Local news media had reported that the government was urged to walk away from the program, after a new audit report described a September 2018 meeting of advisers.

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