The US Department of Commerce has announced that Australia and the United Kingdom are being provided with a national exemption from the Export Administration Regulations. This will come into effect in September 2024 and reduce the burden associated with US export…
The UK's Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is launching the department’s first global tech awards, the Unicorn Kingdom: Pathfinder Awards (UKPA), to unearth and showcase the most promising scale up companies in the tech industry, globally. Applications close on 30 April The…
The UK and Latvia will jointly lead a capability coalition, which will see thousands of drones supplied to Ukraine, including first-person view (FPV) drones, which have proven highly effective on the battlefield. As part of the coalition, the UK will…
The first AUKUS Pillar 2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and autonomy trial was held in the UK in April, with the aim of rapidly driving these technologies into responsible military use. The Australian Army, DSTG and two Australian suppliers, Boeing Defence…
The UK, Italy and Japan will join forces to develop the fighter jets of the future in an unprecedented international aerospace coalition announced by the UK’s Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, and Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace. The Global…
Against the background of Russia’s attempted invasion of the Ukraine, the UK has announced it will partner with Estonia on the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) programme to maintain NATO’s technological edge. Announced by NATO Secretary General…
The UK's Foreign Secretary, Elizabeth Truss MP, and Premier for South Australia, Steven Marshall MP, have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase UK-Australia industry ties. It was signed while Foreign Secretary Truss was in Australia for the…
