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Data Breach Costs Up 10pc, Lagging Pandemic Changes
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- Written by Computer Daily News
- Category: Cyber Security
Data breach costs for Australian companies reached their highest ever according to IBM Security’s annual data breach report.
Australian companies faced an average cost of $3.7 million per incident, a 10 percent increase over the previous year.
The average time to detect and contain a data breach was 311 days which is over a week longer than reported in the prior year.
Australian Defence Minister opens Intellicentre 5 Bunker in Canberra
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- Written by Mirage News
- Category: Minister
Australia’s Minister for Defence, The Hon. Peter Dutton MP, today officially unveiled Intellicentre 5 Bunker (IC5), highlighting it as critical infrastructure supporting Australia’s data sovereignty, national cyber security and digital skills development. The IC5 Bunker data centre was completed on time and on budget during the pandemic. It is part of a wider A$200 million investment by Macquarie into its sovereign Canberra and Sydney Data Centre Campuses.
Austal delivers RKS Teanoai II guardian class patrol boat
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- Written by Navy Recognition
- Category: AUSTAL
According to a press release published by Austal on June 18, 2021, the company has delivered RKS Teanoai II, the eleventh Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB), to the Australian Department of Defence. The vessel, the RKS Teanoai II, was then gifted by the Australian Government to the Government of the Republic of Kiribati at a certificate signing ceremony held at Austal Australia’s Henderson shipyard.
ASD Calls For Unprecedented Powers To Halt Cyberattacks
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- Written by Computer Daily News
- Category: Cyber Australia
An inquiry into the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill, has been told the Australian Signals Directorate needs wide-ranging powers to enable it to effectively manage the growing threat of cyberattack on Australian entities. Spy agency chief Rachel Noble (pictured) has cited an unnamed company’s refusal to work with the government when responding to a cyberattack as evidence of the need for laws.
Major plan to build a US standing force on Australia's doorstep to take on China -
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- Written by LEVI PARSONS
- Category: Department of Defence
The US is looking to set up a combat-ready standing force on Australia's doorstep, in an effort to push back against an increasingly belligerent China across the Indo-Pacific. Ely Ratner, the man nominated by US President Joe Biden's to be the next assistant secretary of defence said establishing a permanent 'combat-credible forward posture' is essential to the US military's ability to deter aggression from authoritarian powers like China.
The U.S. Navy's 'New' Littoral Combat Ship Can Now Really Pack a Punch
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- Written by Kris Osborn
- Category: USA
The Navy is continuing to massively fast-track production for its growing fleet of Independence variant Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), while also continuing to up-gun the ships with cutting-edge, long-range precision weaponry, perhaps in a deliberate and visible effort to counter, outgun and out-range the large and growing fleet of Russian Corvettes.
Lockheed Martin Outlines Proposal for New Greek Naval Warships
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- Written by JOE SABALLA
- Category: Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin has revealed details of its proposed multi-mission surface combatant warships for the naval forces of Greece. The country is considering adding four combat ships to its arsenal and upgrading its existing Hydra-class frigates. However, it has yet to choose a defense firm for the contract. “Very high on their priority list is the modernization of their navy.
Leonardo Australia will assure the modernisation of the Royal Australian Navy's communications, according to the SEA 1442 Phase 5 project.
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- Written by Lorenzo Tual
- Category: General
Leonardo has undertaken an agreement to work collaboratively in pursuit of the Royal Australian Navy’s Maritime Communications Modernisation Project. SEA 1442 Phase 5 seeks to deliver to the maritime war fighter an assured communications capability through a Mission System that can cope with current and anticipated future information exchange demands and is interoperable with joint, coalition and allied systems.
Australian PM warns France about Attack-class submarine program
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- Written by Navy Recognition
- Category: Future Submarine Project
According to information published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on June 16, 2021, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison warns Macron concerning the Attack-class submarine program raised his dissatisfaction. The French President Emmanuel Macron assured Australia of commitment to the submarine deal during his meeting with the Prime Minister and guaranteed the respect of the time limit.
Australia’s Collins-Class Submarine Fleet to Receive $6 BN Overhaul
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- Written by INDER SINGH BISHT
- Category: Future Submarine Project
Australia will overhaul its fleet of six Collins-class submarines amid growing uncertainty over the induction timeline of 12 French-made replacements, The Australian has reported. Canberra will spend approximately $6 billion in a life-of-type extension for the submarines, defense minister Peter Dutton told the paper. The original plan was to refurbish just three of the underwater vessels, according to Defense Connect.
First tactical deployment of M1A1 Abrams tanks on landing crafts for Australian Amphibious Forces
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- Written by Navy Recognition
- Category: Department of Defence
According to information released by the Australian Department of Defence on June 15, 2021, Australian defence forces have conducted the Exercise Sea Explorer with about 1800 ADF (Australian Defence Forces) personnel taking part and for the first time, the tactical deployment of M1A1 Abrams tanks was exercised in amphibious operations.
Raytheon Integrates New SPY-6 Radar On US Navy’s First Flight III Destroyer
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- Written by Martin Manaranche
- Category: Ratheon
The DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG 51) is a multi-mission guided missile destroyer designed to operate offensively and defensively, independently, or as units of Carrier Strike Groups, Expeditionary Strike Groups, and Surface Action Groups in multi-threat environments that include air, surface and subsurface threats.
Adobe Sign completes Australian IRAP security assessment
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- Written by SecurityBrief Australia
- Category: Australian Signals Directorate
Adobe Sign is one of the latest Adobe products to complete its assessment with the Australian Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP), offering assurance that digital and e-signatures meet the highest levels of information security. IRAP, a program established by the Australian Signals Directorate, is a security assessment service to governments and organisations.
Scott Morrison raises the alarm about escalating cyber attacks with British intelligence chiefs
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- Written by Anthony Galloway
- Category: Defence Industry
"Prime Minister Scott Morrison and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Cornwall for the G7 summit." />He will then have a one-on-one meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday where the two leaders hope to be able to announce the finalisation of a free-trade deal between the countries. Trade Minister Dan Tehan has been locked in negotiations with his counterpart Liz Truss every night in the lead-up to the meeting, ...
Australian frigates to join Britain in naval exercises in Indo-Pacific, as Morrison builds ties at G7
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- Written by David Crowe and Anthony Galloway
- Category: Navy
"British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and US President Joe Biden meet at the G7 gathering in Cornwall on Saturday. " />Australian frigates will join a British carrier strike group in naval exercises in the Indo-Pacific in a show of strength against China as the world’s wealthiest democracies vow to confront Beijing’s economic coercion. Prime Minister Scott Morrison discussed the deeper military co-operation with United States President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a meeting — on the sidelines of the Group of 7 summit in Britain...
Just How Stealthy Is The U.S. Air Force’s New F-15?
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- Written by David Axe, Forbes
- Category: Boeing
Nearly a decade before the U.S. Air Force, in a surprise move, tapped Boeing to build potentially hundreds of new F-15EX Eagle IIs—an upgraded version of the five-decade-old classic warplane—there was another new F-15 in the offing. The Silent Eagle was a stealthy F-15. At least, it was as stealthy as Boeing’s engineers could make the big, blocky, twin-engine jet with its radar-reflecting right angles and round engine nozzles.
US Navy receives AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare system from Northrop Grumman
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- Written by Navy Recognition
- Category: Northrop Grumman
According to a press release published by Northrop Grumman on June 11, 2021, the firm has delivered the AN/SLQ-32(V)7 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 Engineering and Development Model (EDM) to the U.S. Navy for land-based testing. The official transfer was marked at an event with company and Navy program officials at Northrop Grumman’s systems integration facility in Baltimore, Maryland.
Raytheon to build and upgrade AN/APG-82 AESA airborne radar for modern versions of the F-15 jet fighter
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- Written by Intelligent Aerospace
- Category: Ratheon
The latest version of the F-15 combat jet is the F-15EX, which is based on the F-15 Advanced Eagle that Boeing is building for the air forces of Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The Advanced Eagle has a fly-by-wire flight control system, digital electronic warfare (EW) suite, an infrared search and track (IRST) system, and the Raytheon APG-63(v)3 AESA radar.
Australia is suffering from a defense information dearth
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- Written by Nigel Pittaway
- Category: Minister
Australia’s defense reporters are being denied access to senior Department of Defence officials under a clampdown imposed by new Defence Minister Peter Dutton. Dutton took office on March 30, becoming the sixth person to hold the position since the coalition government gained power in September 2013, and it is no coincidence that the Australian Department of Defence has become significantly less transparent under his watch.
Raytheon Australia and AOS integrate technology for Air Battle Managers
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- Written by ADM
- Category: Ratheon
Raytheon Australia has partnered with Australian AI and robotics company Agent Oriented Software (AOS) to enhance battlespace capability. Raytheon has successfully integrated AOS's newly developed product Intelligent Battlespace Advisor (IBA) with the Raytheon Solipsys’ in-service Battlespace Command and Control Centre (BC3) as part of the Raytheon Missiles & Defense command and control portfolio.
Defence infrastructure investment delivers $100 million boost for Queensland economy
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- Written by Defence Media
- Category: Minister
The Morrison Government is investing over $100 million into the construction of vehicle workshops, hardstands and shelters at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane to support the modernisation of the Australian Army and Royal Australian Airforce vehicle fleet. Lendlease will deliver the facilities under Land 121 Stage 5B as a continuation of works delivered under Land 121 Stage 2A.