Sydney-based online journal Defence Connect reports that the ADF has conducted live-fire testing of a directed energy weapons system against unmanned drones in Victoria. The Defence Counter-UAS Directed Energy Weapons System, manufactured by high-power laser startup AIM Defence, was demonstrated…
Australian online newsletter Defence Connect reports that Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman will compete to develop and build the US Navy’s sixth-generation, carrier-based strike fighter under the F/A-XX program, also known as the New Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program,…
The Australian government has cancelled the $1.4 billion National Space Mission for Earth Observation (NSMEO) which was announced by the former Minister for Science and Technology in March 2022. The cancellation has been blamed on the need to achieve budget…