Tag: defence
7 Australian organisations get $14.2m in defence funding to develop innovative technologies
Armor Composite Engineering, CSIRO, Micro-X Pty Ltd, Ocius Technology, University of Canberra, the Bureau of Meteorology and Deakin University will get Australian Government funding...
Lockheed Martin to axe 500 jobs in IT service
Global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin has announced that it will slash 500 jobs from its Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS) workforce...
Rheinmetall selects Supacat Australia for LAND 400 bid
Canberra-based Rheinmetall Defence Australia will be offering the ARTEC Boxer 8x8 multirole armoured vehicle for the LAND 400 project and has selected Supacat Australia...
Lockheed Martin-led “Team 21” consortium to provide RAAF’s new Pilot Training System
Lockheed Martin Australia, Pilatus Aircraft and Hawker Pacific have been chosen as preferred tenderers to provide the Commonwealth with a defence pilot training system...
BAE Systems and Patria submit LAND 400 Phase 2 bid
BAE Systems has announced that it has submitted a bid for the LAND 400 Phase 2 – Mounted Reconnaissance Capability programme.
If selected, BAE will...
BAE Systems to deliver NUSHIP Adelaide later this year
BAE Systems has announced that the second of the Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) ships being built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) commenced her final...
SA defence industry to benefit from a strategic agreement with Indian Industry
The South Australian Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Confederation of Indian Industry to help local defence businesses establish closer...
Lockheed Martin lands $1.5bn missile interceptor deal
Maryland-based defence giant Lockheed Martin has announced that it has landed a $1.5 billion contract for production and delivery of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles...
First F-35A Lighting II with Aussie-made vertical tails takes to the skies
Australian-based engineering company Marand manufactured the two vertical tails on the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lighting II, also known as AF-73 that took its first...
Lithgow manufacturer wins $100m contract to make small arms for ADF
Thales Australia’s facility in Lithgow has been awarded a $100 million contract to continue to manufacture small arms for the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
The...
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Manufacturers should do this sooner rather than later, says precision engineer
Australian precision engineering and industrial instrumentation company CENMAC implemented ERP software when it was still a one-man operation. “I couldn’t imagine us growing to this size without MRPeasy,” says Jason Ford, Founder.
