Yearly Archive: 2020

CANBERRA — Airbus has formed Team Maier and will partner with key Australian space and technology companies, and academia, as it launches its solution to Joint Project (JP) 9102 to provide a complete Defence Satellite Communications System.

Airbus is looking to substantially increase sovereign…

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz.— The future arrived at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) in the summer of 2020, and the Army called it Project Convergence.

The breadth of equipment and knowledge demonstrated was astonishing and unprecedented, from autonomous vehicles to air launched effects, and t…

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his Qatari counterpart have committed to strengthening the UK-Qatar defence relationship during a joint visit to RAF Coningsby today.

The UK-Qatar defence relationship will be strengthened by the statement of intent.

During a tour of the base, which is already…

Defence is teaming with BAE Systems Australia and the University of Adelaide to boost interest in the study of high-frequency radar technology in a move aimed at building the number of specialist-trained engineers.

The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will include establishing a Cen…

The public Australian Industry Capability (AIC) Plan for the first phase of the Morrison Government’s Hunter Class Frigate Program has been released, detailing how AIC will be maximised in the initial design and production phase of the program.

Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds…

NOWRA, Australia — Schiebel Pacific is scaling its business in preparation for Land129 and Sea129. The company is hiring remote pilots and maintenance technicians and upgrading its facility.

The expansion comes after Schiebel Pacific and Raytheon Australia teamed up for the LAND129 Phase 3 Tact…