The system offers several advantages over other Group 3 TUAS systems, including an optional Satellite Communications package which provides beyond line of sight communications.

There has been ‘significant’ interest in the variant in the Asia-Pacific region.

NZ’s Future Air Mobility Capability seeks to acquire a fixed wing transport capability to the ageing C-130H Hercules and Boeing 757 fleets.

There is now an expanding and dynamic network of actors with common motivations and increased access to the technology necessary to develop and employ WMD and WMD-like capabilities.

The Re-Engineering Australia Foundation was pioneered in 1998 to capture the imagination of young people to pursue careers in STEM.

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Plenary sessions will cover major issues in defence, transportation, autonomous systems and space.

The two policy areas covered in the release are: Sovereign Industrial Capability and the related Sovereign Industrial Capability Assessment Framework as well as Innovation.

The exercise involved the networking of F/A-18 simulators at both RAAF Base Williamtown and Tindal with the E-7A Wedgetail simulator at Williamtown and C-130J simulator at RAAF Base Richmond.

Echo Voyager is fully autonomous, requiring no support vessel for launch or recovery, enabling operation at sea for months before returning to port.

Correct calibration contributes to the quality of products, including many used in defence applications, and adds to the safety of infrastructure and facilities.

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SME XTEK has been propelled into the major league of local defence contractors, with the Commonwealth’s $101 million investment by far the largest in the company’s 40 year history.

If the Bremen based company is successful, ASC Shipbuilding/Forgacs will build a modified Luerssen OPV design.

The issue of sovereignty will be one of the highest profile issues, given the importance of Australia maintaining a sovereign submarine capability.

The Inquiry into the Defence Industry in NSW by the State Development Committee aims to investigate opportunities to grow the defence industry to boost economic development.