The United States is seeking public input on its plan to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations to grant a rule exemption to Australia and the United Kingdom, U.S. partners in the AUKUS trilateral security agreement. According to a Federal Register notice posted on Wednesday, the planned ITAR amendment will exempt from State Department...
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Australian Government Invests in PsiQuantum Innovation Efforts; Jeremy O’Brien Quoted
The Australian and Queensland governments will provide $614 million in funding to support PsiQuantum’s development of the world’s first commercial-use quantum computer in Australia. In a press release announcing the investment on Monday, Palo Alto, California-based PsiQuantum disclosed that it will build the quantum computer near Brisbane Airport in Queensland. The company expects the site...
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Boeing, Australian Researchers Conduct ISS Tests on 3D Mapping
The International Space Station National Laboratory is sponsoring a joint project between aerospace company Boeing and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, the Australian government’s scientific research agency, to test a new 3D method for mapping remote environments. The lab said the collaboration, called the Multi-Resolution Scanner project, will use one of the free-flying...
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KBR Wins $85M Australian Navy Contract on Ship Life Cycle Management
Science, engineering and technology company KBR has been awarded an $85 million contract as capability life cycle manager for the Royal Australian Navy’s amphibious and replenishment vessels at Garden Island, off Western Australia’s southwest coast, the Australian Department of Defence announced Friday. KBR’s tasks include maintaining the RAN’s Canberra-class landing helicopter docks, supply-class auxiliary oilers, and the...
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Lockheed Martin Australia Secures $327M Missile Defense Contract; Erika Marshall Quoted
Lockheed Martin Australia has won a $327 million contract from the Australian Department of Defence to develop its Joint Air Battle Management System. According to the company, the task calls for delivering an integrated air and missile defense capability, deploying next-gen technologies to repulse high-speed threats and enhance interoperability with allies. Erika Marshall, Lockheed Martin...
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Autonomous Australian Navy Patrol Boat Concept Advances With Austal’s Sentinel Test Completion
Australia-based global shipbuilder Austal has announced the completion of seaworthiness tests of a remotely and autonomously operated vessel in collaboration with the Royal Australian Navy’s Warfare Innovation Navy branch. Other partners in the project, funded by the Australian government, include Greenroom Robotics and Trusted Autonomous Systems. The project, dubbed the Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial, utilized...
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Rocket Lab’s Electron Deploys NASA, South Korean Payloads to Different Orbits
Rocket Lab has deployed NASA and South Korean payloads to two separate orbits. On Wednesday morning, the Electron rocket blasted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, carrying a nanosatellite developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. NeonSat-1, an Earth observation nanosatellite, was deployed to a 520-kilometer circular...
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Canberra Issues Health Care Decarbonization Pledge Aligned With US, UK Initiatives
The Australian government has declared that it will collaborate with the United States and the United Kingdom’s efforts to reduce the carbon emissions of health care supply chains. The Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, which issued the statement of support in time for Monday’s Earth Day celebration, noted that the global supply chains...
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Reactivated UK, Australian Air Force Squadron to Collaborate on F-35 Mission Programming
The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force have reactivated No. 80 Squadron, a historic unit for both service branches, to cooperate on mission data file programming for their respective F-35 variants’ warfighting capabilities. The RAF’s Squadron 80 traces back to World War I in 1917 but went inactive in 1969,...
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US Cuts Back Licensing Requirements for Australia, UK to Promote Trade, Innovation
The United States has scaled down its export control rules for Australia and the United Kingdom to advance defense trade and innovation among the three countries. The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, which released the interim final rule Thursday to govern trade flow for the AUKUS partners, estimated that the change would...