Databricks, a data and artificial intelligence company, has created a set of programs to upskill workers in Australia’s state government agencies amid the increasing adoption of AI-powered tools in the region. The programs will benefit more than 100 workers in Queensland and New South Wales, who will receive Databricks certification and accreditation after completing the...
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Northrop Grumman Secures Modified RAAF Radio Frequency Countermeasure System
Northrop Grumman has received a $175.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Air Force to deliver a modified AN/ALQ-251 radio frequency countermeasure system for the Royal Australian Air Force under a Foreign Military Sales transaction with Australia. Under the sole-source award, Northrop will take over several initiatives for RAAF’s C-130J-30 program, including design, production and...
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Lockheed Eyes European, Middle East Production of Missile Propellants
Lockheed Martin plans to expand the manufacturing of solid rocket motors and other missile energetics in Europe and the Middle East, a venture that the company is currently pursuing in Australia, Breaking Defense reported. Tim Cahill, executive vice president for missiles and fire control, disclosed the plan in a media briefing at the Avalon Air...
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Lockheed Martin Australia Builds Warehouse to Support Black Hawk
Lockheed Martin Australia has opened a custom-fit logistics warehouse to serve Australia’s UH-60M Black Hawk fleet. The new facility created 30 new warehousing and logistics jobs for people living in and around Sydney, New South Wales. Located near the Australian Army’s Holsworthy Base in Holsworthy, the facility will have 4,500 square meters of space, accommodating...
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Airbus to Deliver 4 H145s to New Zealand Air Ambulance Provider
Airbus has received an order from New Zealand’s Search and Rescue Services Ltd for four H145 helicopters. The order is part of SRSL parent Central Air Ambulance Rescue Ltd’s expansion of its emergency medical services operations. The new units will join the air emergency services’ fleet of H145 and BK117 aircraft. SRSL, as the operational...
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QinetiQ Partners With Muru on Australia’s Defense Aviation Safety Services
Global defense and security company QinetiQ has partnered with Muru Management Consulting to work on a contract award valued about $30 million for strategic support services to Australia’s Defence Aviation Safety Authority. According to QinetiQ, the contract calls for the partners’ pooled efforts to help boost the Australian defense sector’s aviation safety through policy and...
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New Zealand Taps CAE for C-130J Aircrew Training
CAE, a Montreal-based simulation technology company, has received a contract from the New Zealand Defence Force to provide management, engineering, and maintenance services to the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s C-130J weapon systems trainer. The training activities under the Simulator Through Life Support contract will occur at the RNZAF No. 40 Squadron facilities in Auckland,...
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Australia Upgrades Long-Range Strike Capability With HIMARS Acquisition
The Australian Defence Force has received its first two High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems from the United States, marking a significant upgrade to its long-range strike capabilities. The delivery comes less than two years after the Albanese government announced a $1.6 billion investment to accelerate and expand the HIMARS acquisition, in response to the Defence...
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Australia to Spend $126M for Heavyweight Torpedoes to Boost Collins-Class Submarine Fleet
Australia has signed a $126 million agreement with the United States for an additional purchase of MK-48 heavyweight torpedoes for the Royal Australian Navy’s Collins-class submarines. The government said the torpedo, the product of a joint program between RAN and the U.S. Navy, will be among the armaments of Australia’s future nuclear submarines. U.S.-Australia Alliance...
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Frequentis to Deliver Multidomain Communication System for Australia’s Battle Management Tool
Frequentis business C4i has received a contract from Lockheed Martin Australia to deliver multi-domain communication systems for the Australian Defence Force’s next-generation AIR6500 Joint Air Battle Management System. Throughout the contract’s eight-month performance period, the two companies will work to produce a sovereign voice communication system with a human-machine interface that could connect to Joint...