BAE Systems is collaborating with ASC to deliver Australia’s sovereign nuclear-powered submarines. The Australian government selected the two companies to build a fleet of advanced attack submarines under its AUKUS security pact with the United States and the United Kingdom. Under the agreement, BAE and ASC will combine their skills, expertise and capabilities to produce...
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Australia Partners With Microsoft to Create Cyber Intelligence Sharing Platform
Australia has unveiled a collaborative effort between the Australian Signals Directorate and Microsoft to beef up the country’s cybersecurity. Under the partnership program, ASD connected its Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing platform with Microsoft Sentinel, allowing the latter’s Australian users to immediately share cyberthreat information on the combined systems. According to ASD, the collaboration provides access...
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US, South Korea Kick Off Freedom Shield With 12 UN Command Members
The United States and South Korea have started the 2024 Freedom Shield Exercise to boost their defenses against North Korean threats. The exercise began amid Pyongyang’s continued aggressive military activities, such as artillery firings and missile launches. Yonhap News Agency reported that joining the 11-day exercise that kicked off Monday are military elements from the...
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Elbit Systems Seals $600M Deal to Integrate Advanced Systems Into Australian Army’s Redback IFVs
Elbit Systems has secured a $600 million contract to deliver systems for integration into the Australian Army’s fleet of Redback infantry fighting vehicles. The deal, part of Australia’s Land 400 Phase 3 Project, will provide “advanced protection, fighting capabilities and sensors suite” for the military vehicles, according to the Haifa, Israel-based contractor. The project, announced...
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Austal Secures $103M Deal to Provide Royal Australian Navy With Two More Patrol Boats
Austal Australia has secured a $103 million contract extension to deliver two more Evolved Cape-class patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy. The new agreement expands the company’s ongoing partnership with the Australian government to provide RAN with 10 new vessels. Under the SEA1445-1 Project, Austal has already delivered six patrol boats, the latest of...
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Systecon’s Opus Evo Solution to Support Australian Defense Program Optimization
Systecon, a Stockholm, Sweden-based consulting and software company, has announced that it will provide its Opus Evo software to optimize a major Australian defense program’s tactical capabilities. The company’s announcement released on Wednesday did not specify the Australian program, but it disclosed in December a partnership with the Australian Department of Defence’s Capability Acquisition and...
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Australia Confirms $7B Investment in Enhanced Lethality Surface Combatant Fleet Development
The Australian government will invest $7.28 billion over the next decade to develop the Royal Australian Navy’s enhanced lethality surface combatant fleet. The fleet includes three upgraded Hobart-class air warfare destroyers and six Hunter-class frigates. According to Defense News, BAE Systems Australia, the prime contractor for the anti-submarine frigate program, has already begun its prototyping...
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Rebecca Humble Joins QinetiQ Australia as Chief Strategy Officer
QinetiQ Australia has named Rebecca Humble as its new chief strategy officer. Humble confirmed her new position in a post on her LinkedIn page on Monday. “I’m excited to announce I’ve joined the team at QinetiQ as chief strategy officer for QinetiQ Australia sector, which has a clear purpose to protect lives by serving the national...
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Australia to Integrate Nvidia Toolkit Into National Supercomputing and Quantum Computing Hub
Australia’s Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre will integrate the Nvidia CUDA Quantum toolkit into its national supercomputing and quantum computing innovation hub. According to Nvidia, the setup will enhance the Perth-based center’s programming capabilities with CUDA’s hybrid central processing unit, graphical processing unit and quantum processing unit. Other features that will be available to the center’s...
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BAE Systems Partners With Research Center to Develop AI for Autonomous Ground Vehicles in Australia
BAE Systems Australia, in partnership with defense cooperative research center Trusted Autonomous Systems, has introduced an advanced artificial intelligence system to power uncrewed ground vehicles called TAGVIEW. The two organizations created the Trusted Autonomous Ground Vehicles in Electronic Warfare. After a four-year research and demonstration program, According to BAE Systems, TAGVIEW has a modular design...