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Written by Andrew Birmingham

Category: Defence Industry

Published: 18 August 2020

Canberra’s Secure Cloud Strategy is a key element in the ongoing adoption of Cloud technology by government agencies and departments, and one of the most important tools available to government CIOs. That’s our takeaway from a qualitative survey of Federal government IT leaders, which we undertook while producing the “Perceptions of Cloud Computing in Government” whitepaper for Rubrik.

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Written by Defence Media

Category: Defence Industry

Published: 11 August 2020

Australia has expanded its partnership with the United States to develop the Next Generation Jammer system for the EA-18G Growler. This unique, high-end capability can disrupt, deceive or deny a broad range of military electronic systems, including radars and communications. Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC said jammer systems used advanced electronic jamming technology to support the Growler aircraft.

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Written by APDR

Category: Defence Industry

Published: 11 August 2020

The South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has signed a 250 billion-won ($200 million) contract with Hanwha Defense Co. to buy the 30-mm anti-aircraft gun wheeled vehicle system (AAGW) for the country’s military. The newly developed AAGW will replace the Vulcan air defence artillery starting next year, Yonhap reported quoting DAPA officials.

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Written by John Keller

Category: Defence Industry

Published: 05 August 2020

Electronic warfare (EW) experts at L3Harris Technologies Inc. will provide the U.S. Navy with 35 sophisticated EW systems designed to protect Navy combat aircraft from incoming radar-guided missiles. Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., on Thursday announced a $104 million order to the L3Harris Space & Airborne Systems segment in Clifton, N.J.,...

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Written by James Dance & Gideon Stein, APDR

Category: Defence Industry

Published: 02 August 2020

The term 5G is the fifth-generation cellular network. It is capable of enabling download and upload speeds 10-100 times faster than what is possible on a 4G network. The time taken for wireless devices to communicate with wireless networks, known as latency, is also significantly reduced. Additionally, 5G has been designed to facilitate the exponential growth of the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Written by Australian Aviation

Category: Defence Industry

Published: 29 July 2020

Lockheed Martin Australia has completed its preliminary design review (PDR) for a new simulator that allows RAAF pilots to virtually train alongside the crews of tanks and warships more regularly. Currently, limited tech means these personal can only perform joint training around 10 times a year, but the new JP 9711 Phase 1 system will up that number to around 200 when fully operational in 2025.

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Written by UAS WEEKLY

Category: Defence Industry

Published: 28 July 2020

Schiebel Pacific and Raytheon Australia have teamed up for the LAND129 Phase 3 Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) project for the Australian Army. The tender response was submitted last week. The teaming couples Schiebel’s proven and world-class CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS with Raytheon Australia’s 20-year pedigree as a trusted, prime systems integrator across multiple domains. Together, the companies will deliver a solution that provides a highly capable, low risk offering that is intended to establish an enduring sovereign TUAS capability.

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Written by ADM

Category: Defence Industry

Published: 28 July 2020

Lockheed Martin Australia successfully completed the mission-critical Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for Defence’s JP9711-1 Core Simulation Capability last month despite the global challenges of COVID-19. The PDR lays the foundational path forward for establishing the baseline software architecture for the ADF's largest, networked training system that links virtual and constructive simulation to live training events.