Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and German firm Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems are now eligible to secure a contract for designing future general-purpose frigates for Australia. The Australian Ministry of Defence formally announced the down-selection on Monday. Earlier, the Australian Financial Review reported that the Albanese government has narrowed down the list of contractors eligible for...
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Rolls-Royce Submarines Opens Glasgow Office to Support AUKUS Nuclear Attack Boat Build Programs
Rolls-Royce Submarines has opened its new Glasgow office funded by the U.K. Ministry of Defence to enhance support for the Astute- and Dreadnought-class boat build programs and other Royal Navy requirements under the AUKUS trilateral security partnership. “The opening of the new Rolls-Royce office in Glasgow is a clear demonstration of the government’s commitment to...
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Canada, Australia Partner on Missile Defense Research
Canada and Australia have announced a joint initiative for missile defense research. The agreement, revealed through a joint statement of Canadian National Defence Minister Bill Blair and Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles on Friday, focuses on countering emerging threats such as advanced cruise and hypersonic missiles. The partnership involves Defence Research and Development Canada and...
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Spanish Heavy Vehicle Maker Secures Utility Vehicle Contract From New Zealand
Spanish heavy vehicle manufacturer URO Vehiculos Especiales has secured a contract from the New Zealand Ministry of Defence to deliver 60 new VAMTAC ST5 light and CK3 medium-sized unarmored utility vehicles starting in 2027. According to Wellington, the new order will replace the nation’s aging Unimog and Pinzgauer vehicles, which are currently used for domestic...
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US, Australia Publish Updated BianLian Ransomware Cybersecurity Advisory
U.S. and Australian agencies have updated a joint advisory on the tactics, techniques and procedures that the BianLian ransomware uses, informing organizations about new methods malicious actors employ to compromise critical infrastructure systems. The additional TTPs were discovered through industry threat intelligence and investigations by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI and the...
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Report: Australia Faces Growing Cybersecurity Challenges
Australia continues to face a growing number of cybersecurity threats from state-sponsored hackers and criminal groups who are targeting government operations, critical infrastructure and businesses. According to the latest Annual Cyber Threat Report of the Australian Signals Directorate, while the number of reported cyberattacks has not changed much, the damage and costs they cause are worsening,...
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KBR to Continue Supporting Australian Defence Force’s ICT Networks
The Australian government has exercised an option allowing U.S.-based science, technology and engineering solutions provider KBR to continue delivering sustainment support to the Australian Defence Force’s Deployed Information Communications Technology for two more years. The contract also includes delivering sustainment and support to the Royal Australian Navy’s Fleet Information System. The solution, also known as...
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Report: AUKUS Advances Electronic Warfare Data-Sharing
The AUKUS trilateral security partnership of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States is expected to establish an electronic warfare data-sharing framework by early 2025, according to Travis Manning, the U.S. lead in the coalition’s EW working group. Manning told Breaking Defense that the mechanism will guide how the alliance shares EW data in...
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Report: ThyssenKrupp Marine, Mitsubishi Heavy on Australia’s Shortlist for New Frigates
Australia has reportedly shortlisted Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems of Germany as eligible to receive a contract to build 11 new ships under the General Purpose Frigate program. According to Defense News, the Australian Financial Review was the first to report that the government has narrowed down the vendors to two,...
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New QinetiQ Research Facility to Support Australian Defense Programs
QinetiQ has a new research facility in Australia that will support defense initiatives under the 2024 National Defence Strategy and the Integrated Investment Program. Tanya Monro, Australia’s chief defense scientist, inaugurated the facility, called QinetiQ Labs, on Wednesday. QinetiQ Chief Executive Australia Sector Gary Stewart said the facility’s establishment aims to strengthen collaborations and advance...