The three AUKUS partners have named eight companies as winners of the inaugural AUKUS Electronic Warfare Innovation Challenge. Some 173 qualified suppliers applied for the Challenge across all three nations Three Australian companies, Advanced Design Technology Pty Ltd, Inovor Technologies…
Defence has unveiled Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS), ‘AUS 1’, the first of four to be operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The RPAS actually arrived in Australia in June. Revealed at RAAF Base Tindal, the…
BAE Systems Inc in Nashua, New Hampshire, has received a US$95 million ($142 million) contract from the US Navy for advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) countermeasure pods to protect the P-8A Poseidon Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft from missiles and other threats. The…
The Australian government has approved the acquisition of a fourth MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS), and upgrades to the RAAF’s fleet of 14 P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA). The estimated combined value of these decisions is over…
The US Navy has announced Initial Operational Capability (IoC) for Boeing’s High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC). The all-weather HAAWC enables the Boeing P-8A Poseidon to deploy MK 54 torpedoes from near or below its cruising altitude. The P-8A…
Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Aircraft System, acquired under Project AIR 7000 Ph.1B, has been rolled out at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale plant in California. The aircraft is on track for production completion in 2023 ahead of final delivery to…