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Boeing has formally welcomed Saab into the Ghost Bat Australian Team to provide Saab Australia’s TactiCall Communications Solution.

Special Operations Command parachutists are benefitting from an advanced Virtual Reality simulator that enables them to practice different descents under different conditions atop digitised imagery of real-world terrain | Julian Kerr

Babcock has been awarded a $30 million lift and hoists contract for the Royal Australian Navy’s first three Hunter class frigates.

Kongsberg simulation technology will equip PSA Marine’s harbour pilots with skills to navigate the world's busiest container transhipment hub.

At the recent EWLive event in Estonia, Electronic Warfare was referred to as “the decisive frontier of warfare”. Despite Australia’s recent capability advances in Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations, we would likely be outmatched by potential adversaries if called upon to apply them in-theatre | Grant McHerron

QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS) Canada has been awarded a follow-on sole-sourced contract to provide uncrewed aerial target support services to the US Government.

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New comms for air force tankers

The Royal Australian Air Force’s fleet of Airbus KC-30A multi-role tanker transport aircraft are undergoing a significant upgrade of their communications and crypto systems, which will improve interoperability and meet new operational requirements | Nigel Pittaway

The Australian Defence Force has slowly been moving towards a more diverse workforce, with women making up just over 20 per cent of permanent employees. One of the areas that is lacking in female representation, however, is aviation | Keira Joyce

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AIML & Big Data in Defence

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and ‘Big Data’ is yet to be fully understood when it comes to the safety and security of deploying systems in modern warfare, amid the opaque and complicated world of technical standards and emboldened threat actors | Kate Banville

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Land Forces 2024 – The Largest Yet

Held at the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre between 9 and 11 September, the 2024 edition of the AMDA Foundation’s Land Forces exhibition broke all records | ADM Staff Writers

The US Navy has declared initial operational capability for the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band.

Already well-established following its work on a short-range air defence system for the Australian Army and, more recently, the Naval Strike Missile for the Navy, Kongsberg Defence Australia is expanding significantly.

Global firms are partnering with Australian based entities in a bid to position themselves for lucrative AUKUS submarine contracts, despite lagging law reforms needed to progress | Kate Banville

Defence has ordered 40 additional Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles from Thales Australia at a cost of more than $100 million.

The inaugural ADM Australia-Korea Defence Congress took place in Seoul on 1 October, in partnership with the Korea Army International Defence Industry Exhibition, Aviation Week Network, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and Vantiq | Ewen Levick

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Army’s renewed rotary-wing fleet

Army Aviation is undergoing its most significant period of change in almost two decades, with the introduction of new helicopter types and the relocation of two of its major units to Townsville and Oakey in Queensland | Nigel Pittaway