The Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Canberra, her crew and embarked forces have arrived in Townsville following their deployment on Operation Tonga Assist 22. HMAS Canberra arrived in the Tongan capital of Nuku’alofa on 1 March 2022 to contribute to the Australian Government’s disaster relief and recovery mission following the devastating undersea volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami. During its...
Safran wins deal for ADF portable optronics – APDR – Asia Pacific Defence Reporter
Safran Electronics & Defense Australasia announced it has been awarded a contract by Collins Aerospace to provide its full suite of advanced portable optronics to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) as part of the Land 17 Phase 2 Digital Terminal Control Systems (DTCS) Capability Assurance Program. Safran will complete delivery of this equipment by mid-2023. Through this contract Safran...
NSW company wins contract for mobile weapons training – APDR – Asia Pacific Defence Reporter
A NSW-based company will supply Defence with a mobile weapons training simulator to help Australian sailors and soldiers maintain their weapons skills wherever they are in the world. InVeris Training Solutions, based in Albury in southern NSW, is delivering and supporting a fully digitised Mobile Weapons Training Simulation System (MWTSS). It will now help hone the skills of those using the...
Gilmour Space, SENER Aeroespacial to develop AFTS for Eris … – Asia Pacific Defence Reporter
SENER Aeroespacial, a company of the SENER engineering and technology group, and Australian launch services company Gilmour Space Technologies, are working together on an Autonomous Flight Termination System (AFTS) for the Eris launch vehicle, which is being developed for the small satellite market.The AFTS is a smart Hardware/Software unit with autonomous decision-making capacity responsible for...
Vanuatu takes ownership of patrol boat – APDR – Asia Pacific Defence Reporter
Australia and Vanuatu have marked another milestone in our nations’ longstanding security partnership with Vanuatu taking ownership of its new Guardian-class Patrol Boat. The RVS Takuare is the 12th vessel delivered under the Australian Government’s Pacific Maritime Security Program and was handed over by Australia on Vanuatu’s Independence Day at a ceremony in Henderson, Western Australia. To...
Australian CISOs feel least prepared, more at risk of cyber attacks … – Asia Pacific Defence Reporter
Proofpoint, Inc., a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, has released its annual Voice of the CISO report, which explores key challenges facing chief information security officers (CISOs) in Australia and around the globe. While CISOs around the world spent 2021 coming to terms with new ways of working, Australian CISOs fell behind global counterparts when it came to feeling in control...
Anthony Albanese to become next Australian PM as Scott Morrison concedes poll defeat – Firstpost
Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese, center, celebrates with his son Nathan, right, and his partner Jodie Haydon at a Labor Party event in Sydney, Australia, May 22, 2022. (AP) Australia’s centre-left opposition party toppled the conservative government after almost a decade in power, and Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese in his Saturday election victory speech promised sharper reductions in...
UPDATED: Australia names strategic partner for STaR Shot – APDR – Asia Pacific Defence Reporter
Australia’s Chief Defence Scientist Professor Tanya Monro has announced that Airbus has been selected as the strategic partner for Defence’s Resilient Multi-mission Space STaR Shot – a strategic research program established to develop future space capabilities for the Australian Defence Force (ADF).An experienced satellite developer and integrator, Airbus Defence and Space will work with Defence...
REDARC supports live firing training – APDR – Asia Pacific Defence Reporter
In 2019, REDARC Defence Systems signed a contract to deliver Multi Aspect Threat Emulation Systems (MATES) to the Australian Army to support Defence’s understanding of target system requirements. This concept demonstrator agreement was to include Gaardtech, Formcut, IntelliParticle and REDARC Defence Systems. In the wake of a series of significant natural disasters and the COVID19 Pandemic, an...
Rheinmetall unit supplies Ukraine with mobile computer tomography … – Asia Pacific Defence Reporter
A joint effort by the German aid organisation ADRA Deutschland e.V., the German NGO Aktionskreis Wirtschaft-Politik-Wissenschaft e.V., and Rheinmetall subsidiary Zeppelin Mobile Systeme GmbH (ZMS) shows what can be achieved when capable people team up in pursuit of a good cause. Working together, they were able to supply urgently needed medical technology to Ukraine.In June 2022, representatives...