Accelerated delivery of AUKUS Pillar II Hypersonic Systems
The three AUKUS partners, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, have signed a milestone agreement to accelerate the testing of hypersonic vehicles and related technologies. The RAAF has already confirmed that its F/A-18F Super Hornets will be armed with a hypersonic missile. Under AUKUS Pillar II, the new Hypersonic Flight Test and Experimentation…
ASCA signs 21 EDT contracts
The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s (ASCA) Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT) program has signed 21 contracts with Australian quantum and counter disinformation technologies companies as part of an investment of over $60 million with Australian universities and industry partners. This investment gives effect to innovation priorities in the National Defence Strategy and Asymmetric Advantage – Delivering More,…
US Dept of Defense announces additional Replicator attritable autonomous capabilities
The Pentagon has announced that additional autonomous capabilities have been selected for accelerated fielding as part of the Replicator initiative, announced last year by US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks. This second tranche, or Replicator 1.2, will include systems in the air and maritime domains, as well as integrated software enablers that will enhance the…
QinetiQ opens QinetiQ Laboratories
UK-based research firm QinetiQ has officially opened QinetiQ Laboratories in Mawson Lakes, South Australia. The facility, known as QLabs, will help enable the rapid development of software and prototypes that support the Australian Defence Force. QLabs includes a Software Development Environment and an adaptable laboratory establishment. “The establishment of QLabs marks a significant milestone in…
USAF CCA candidates pass Critical Design Review
US online publication Breaking Defense reports that the two companies selected by the US Air Force to develop Collaborative Combat Aircraft designs have completed what amounts to Critical Design Reviews of their competing designs. This milestone enables California-based Anduril Industries and General Atomics to fly their ‘loyal wingman’ Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS)), Fury and Gambit,…
Lockheed Martin and Anduril join forces to detect and track UAVs in Middle East
Lockheed Martin has successfully integrated its S-band AN/TPQ-53 Multi-Mission Radar (MMR) with Anduril Industries’ Lattice Command and Control (C2) environment to detect and track Uncrewed Air Vehicles (UAVs). The Q-53 MMR, which has a reported maximum range of around 60km, entered service in 2010 as a replacement for the old TPQ-36 and 37 Firefinder radars…
