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Hanwha Defense positioned to compete in US Army’s next-generation vehicle program

Hanwha Defense has signed an exclusive teaming agreement with Oshkosh Defense, one of the leading US defense companies, for the digital design phase of...
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RAN Melds Unmanned Systems Into New Model Navy

The Royal Australian Navy’s new strategy for developing unmanned surface and sub-surface systems delivers both capability and capacity to support the navy’s new fleet. Navies...
ViDAR pod system, the VMS-5 (ViDAR Maritime Surveillance) Day/Night Optical Radar pod.

Sentient Vision Systems announces first ViDAR VMS pod flight

Australian search and surveillance specialist Sentient Vision Systems has announced the first flight of its ViDAR pod system, the VMS-5 (ViDAR Maritime Surveillance) Day/Night...
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Australia seeks local production of missiles and guided weapons

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on 31 March that the country will seek a domestic missile and guided weapons manufacturing capability under a...

Australia shortlists five contenders for naval UAS programme

The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has selected five companies for the Block One phase of Project SEA129 Phase 5, which seeks to boost...
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Navies Surface Interest in Unmanned Systems

Published in the November/December 2020 Issue - Unmanned systems manufacturers are finding a responsive market for their products among navies in the Indo-Pacific region. The...
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BAE Systems Australia contracted for further Nulka missile decoys

The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) announced on 16 March that it has contracted BAE Systems Australia for in-service support and round production of...
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Penetrating Maritime A2/AD

Published in the November/December 2020 Issue - Increasing the range of air-to-surface missiles has become an important factor in penetrating A2/AD defences, particularly in...
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Defend and Deter

Published in the November/December 2020 Issue - The air defence threat-and-response equation exists increasingly in integrated layers. Armada looks at two examples of how...
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Australia’s Infantry Fighting Vehicle Prototypes Delivered

Australia’s Ministry of Defence announced it had taken delivery of the prototype Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV) that will be undergoing risk mitigation testing as...

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