Lürssen and the Civmec-owned Forgacs saw no issues with building the first two Sea 1180 Offshore Patrol Vessels in Adelaide before transferring the program to Perth.

Former Australian/American NASA astronaut Andy Thomas is “staggered” Australia is presently accessing only one per cent of a $US350 billion industry.

The plan is to install version 2.02 of the software at all operational F-35 sites by the end of the year following successful flight testing.

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SM-6 close to FOC for USN

SM-6 is slated for the Air Warfare Destroyer missile magazines under Project Sea 1360, though this program still awaits first pass approval.

From next week, the ADF will independently publish a fortnightly report on Australian strikes.

The US experience with a variety of information sharing models provides case studies and lessons for the Australian cybersecurity community as it pursues deeper information sharing mechanisms.

The Australian Tax Office and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection were still not assessed as cyber resilient.

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Digital transformation will help ensure the future of Australian manufacturing.

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Meteor BVRAAM for UK F-35s

Successful development testing of Meteor missiles from Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft has just been completed

The 3DAWS suite protects aircraft during complex, multi-threat engagement scenarios through a layered countermeasure defence.

Submissions will close as soon as May 26.

The two organisations will collaborate on developing technical expertise and building industrial capacity within Australian maritime sector supply chains.

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Leidos awarded for unmanned ASW work

The company was recognised or its support of DARPA's Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program.

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Army has 10 categories that have either serious or critical workforce issues and require direct management attention.