Australia

Australia

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...
counter drone

Drone detection and drone mitigation remain embryonic industries that have developed very recently on the back of growing use of drones. A counter drone...
nano-uavs

UAVs are a game-changer for the Australian Army, providing enhanced situational awareness for better mission execution for soldiers. Soon the Black Hornet Nano-UAVs will...
cybersecurity

While hackers have been constantly reaching out for new technologies, information security teams are also obliged to adopt advanced technological methods in order to...
rifles

French defense giant Thales and the Indian-based defense equipment manufacturer MKU will collaborate in the development and manufacture of optronic devices and F90 close...
explosive

The development of sensors for explosives such as TNT is of huge interest. TNT is an explosive material widely used for military, industrial, and...
police militarization

Five of the terrorist attacks (including one planned attack) in Australia since 2014 have involved knives as the primary weapon. Two involved shotguns; one...
citizen-centric

In many terrorist attack events, first responders do not have immediate access to real-time information from the scene, or from victims that are being...
maritime surveillance

A new UAV will supply a cost-effective maritime surveillance and security solution to the Australian navy. The Italian company Leonardo has teamed with Air...
cyber threats

The increasing sophistication of cyber threats has become one of the main concerns of the aviation industry as airports and airlines realize they are...
anti-drone weapons

The rise of drones has allowed new and creative ways to penetrate highly secure environments. This is the reason why anti-drone weapons are becoming...
satellite

Maritime pilots help to guide ships into harbors with the help of GPS, but the existing technology is limiting. A new satellite system could...
fire fighting

The ability to fight fires from the air at night would give aircraft more hours in the day to respond to fires and therefore...
boxer crv

The Australian Army will get 211 new Boxer CRV armored combat vehicles, after Rheinmetall was awarded a US$4.1 billion contract, defeating a rival bid...
street light

Street lights are valuable city assets that can enable various smart city services and Internet of Things strategies. A vast array of connected devices...
situational awareness

Modern armored fighting vehicles achieve high levels of crew survivability using both passive and active protection. However, to maximize this protection, all vehicle hatches...
defense export market

By Arie Egozi As countries like India demand knowledge transfer and local manufacturing as a precondition to weapon purchasing, as American companies compete over almost...
Commercial UAV

A new ground-based Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) airspace situational awareness system has completed its first successful flight demonstration. The system was made by Insitu,...
weapon sight

After years of designing, checking and testing, Elbit’s subsidiary Elsec has completed the development of the Xact sight, a brand new weapon sight that...
blockchain

Police and security agencies around the world have so far only taken an interest in blockchain – the distributed ledger technology behind cryptocurrencies like...
criminal intelligence

A new national criminal intelligence system has been launched in Australia after completing a two-year pilot of the nascent inter-jurisdictional platform. Now the Australian...
defense technology

Israelli-based Defense technology company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has been expanding its operations in Australia, opening a local company in Melbourne. The move has been...