Australia

Australia

maritime surveillance

Australia is enhancing its UAV fleet. The first of six MQ-4C Triton maritime surveillance drones will be supplied to the Royal Australian Air Force...

Boeing has introduced its newest unmanned platform, the Boeing Airpower Teaming System. The aircraft will complement and extend airborne missions through smart teaming with...

Facebook has been quietly continuing with its plan to use high-flying drones capable of bringing internet connectivity to communities around the world who still...

Waiting lines in airport security checkpoints pose a serious challenge for new security technologies. A research team led...

Transporting personnel and goods like food and equipment to the Antarctic or taking out samples from there are complex tasks. Using larger aircraft can...

An exercise was conducted by the Australian Army with Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) to gain further insights into future capabilities and...

5G technology can be used for espionage purposes. According to David Vigneault, Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), 5G can be used...

New security technology trialled in Melbourne Airport could mean that passengers will no longer have to separate their laptops, liquids or gels from carry-on...

Australia has selected the MQ-9 Reaper as an armed medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), meeting the requirements under Project Air 7003 Phase...
drone

A Philippine inventor flew and hovered for some 10 minutes in a single-passenger contraption powered by the “multicopter” technology commonly used in small unmanned...

Artificial intelligence which scans battlefields for hidden attackers has been successfully trialed by the British Army. The UK-created technology, dubbed SAPIENT, flagged dangers to...
boxer

The British Army intends to acquire a new initial fleet of more than 500 eight-wheeled multirole armored Boxer vehicles. The Boxer is an 8×8...
cBRN

Australia is equipping its armed forces with new chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense capabilities. The defense ministry signed contracts worth A$238 million with...
armed forces

UAVs have been fulfilling a growing role in armed forces around the globe. Australia has been taking this technology one step forward. The Australian...

Israeli firm Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will unveil a fifth-generation version of its Spike anti-tank missile, the Spike-ER II. The Spike-ER II is a tactical...

Chicago-based Boeing has successfully completed the first suite of synchronized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight tests using new onboard autonomous command and control technology...
counter-terror

The US has been enhancing its anti-terrorist coordination measures with its allies. An agreement was recently signed by the US Homeland Security Secretary (DHS)...
embedded

The enormous amounts of video data collected by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) today reflect the urgent need to automate the processing and analysis of...
spike missiles

Rafael Advanced Defence Systems’ SPIKE LR2 has been chosen as the Anti-Tank Guided Weapon (ATGW) for the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) Boxer Combat Reconnaissance...

Another system has been developed to counter drone operation in unauthorized airspaces. The DroneGun Tactical system has been recently certified as compliant for human exposure,...

Hackers from China have successfully infiltrated the IT systems at the Australian National University, potentially compromising the home of Australia's leading national security college...

Australia’s is enhancing its maritime capabilities, with the purchase of the first of six MQ-4C Triton UAVs via a cooperative program with the US...