Canberra-based Leidos Australia has won a contract of undisclosed value to provide Lockheed Martin Australia with software development, cyber security and verification and validation services for the ADF’s next generation Joint Air Battle Management System (JABMS) under Project AIR6500. Under…
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) has achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) with the U.S. Army and is now ready to be fielded by U.S. Army units to further support the development of the system’s capabilities. IBCS is…
The Australian Government will acquire a major share in Australian defence radar systems manufacturer, Canberra-based CEA Technologies Pty Limited, in July this year in a deal reported to be worth nearly $500 million. The deal to secure the leading-edge capability…
Australian companies will be able to access a global Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) export market estimated to be worth $83 billion on the back of Lockheed Martin Australia’s proposed solution for Project AIR6500, the RAAF’s planned Joint Air…
Canberra-based Lockheed Martin Australia has submitted its own bid for the ADF’s Project AIR6500, Joint Air Battle Management System (JABMDS). And in parallel, the company has announced it will invest AUD$74 million to establish a National Integrated Air and Missile…
Lockheed Martin Australia has partnered with the University of Newcastle to deliver 10 Science and Engineering Challenge events across Newcastle, Canberra and Adelaide to boost Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) participation in urban and regional communities. The Science and…
Canberra-based cyber security specialist Penten has joined Airbus’s Team Maier which is bidding for the ADF’s JP9102 sovereign SATCOM project. Asia Pacific Defence Reporter (APDR) says Penten will provide ground segment sovereign encryption for the JP9102 program. Working in tandem…
Lockheed Martin Australia (LMA) is approaching the end of a long path leading, it hopes, to prime contractorship on Defence's Project AIR6500 Phase 1. Gregor Ferguson, EX2 This project is the ADF’s Joint Air Battle Management System (JABMS), valued at…