2024 Australian Defence Export Catalogue submissions now open
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The Australian Government is committed to driving export opportunities for Australian defence industry and looking for opportunities to embed them into the global supply chain.
The Australian Defence Sales Catalogue is the flagship publication to promote Australian defence industry businesses on the international stage. The 2023 edition showcase...
Advanced Navigation opens high-tech robotics manufacturing facility
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Advanced Navigation, the world’s most determined innovator in artificial intelligence (AI) for robotic and navigation technologies, has unveiled a new high-tech robotics facility for autonomous systems based at UTS Tech Lab.
Located in Botany, New South Wales (NSW), the facility will scale up the manufacturing of Advanced Navigation&r...
Government boosts ADF's maritime patrol and response aircraft fleet
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The Albanese Government is taking steps to ensure Australia has one of the most advanced maritime patrol and response aircraft fleets in the world.
The Government has approved the acquisition of a fourth MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Aircraft System, and upgrades to the Air Force’s fleet of P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
The es...
Australia invests in powerful new high-tech missiles
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Australia is investing more than $1.7 billion in some of the most powerful and technologically advanced weapons systems ever fielded by the Australian Defence Force.
Long-range strike missiles and other guided weapons are fundamental to the ADF’s ability to deploy enhanced strike capabilities and hold an adversary at risk at longer ranges....
Hanwha to deliver next generation infantry fighting vehicles for Australia
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The Australian Government has selected Hanwha Defense Australia as the preferred tenderer to deliver 129 infantry fighting vehicles to the Australian Army, as part of a major transformation of the Army in response to Australia’s changing strategic environment.
The Government has also decided that the new vehicles will be built in Australia...
Multibillion dollar investment in new C-130J Hercules aircraft
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The Australian Government will purchase 20 new C-130J Hercules aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force for $9.8 billion. This will provide the Air Force with state of the art C-130 Hercules to meet the air transport needs of the future.
The new acquisitions will replace and expand upon the 12 Hercules aircraft currently operated by Air F...
$1 billion Defence agreement supports Australian jobs and industry
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The Australian Government has agreed to a major defence export deal with Germany, signing an in-principle agreement for Australia to supply more than 100 Boxer Heavy Weapon Carrier vehicles, built in Brisbane.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese witnessed the signing of the agreement by Ambassador to Germany Philip Green and...
78 additional Bushmasters for ADF
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The Australian Government has signed a $160 million contract with Thales Australia to deliver an additional 78 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles for the Australian Defence Force.
Bushmasters will continue to be manufactured in Bendigo, Victoria, with the first delivery expected in 2024.
Bushmasters are integral to Australia's mil...
Australian government to sovereignize radar firm CEA Technologies
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The Australian government announced on 27 April that it plans to acquire a majority stake in Canberra-based defence radar manufacturer CEA Technologies to secure the company's “critical sovereign capability”.
The government said it will become a non-controlling shareholder in CEA in July by paying an undisclosed sum for the minor...
Australia closer to exporting Boxer heavy weapon carrier vehicles to Germany
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The Albanese Government has taken a significant step towards securing a major defence export deal, for Boxer heavy weapon carrier vehicles made in Queensland for the German Army.
The Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Pat Conroy MP, and his German counterpart, the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defence, Mr Thomas Hi...
