The Australian government has awarded Boeing Defence Australia a $401.6 million contract for sustainment and modernization support of the country’s F/A-18F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft. The modification extends the two parties’ original agreement by another five years, guaranteeing support for the Royal Australian Air Force’s military aircraft through 2030. The extension is the...
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US Alliance Beefs Up Data Interoperability in Third Tactical Environment Summit
U.S. military zero trust experts conferred with their allied counterparts during the third Security Interoperability in the Tactical Environment summit to accelerate data sharing in various strategic scenarios. The U.S. allies that participated in the event held in Suffolk, Virginia, included the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Japan and South Korea. According to a...
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Australia Joins Military Exercise Focused on Indo-Pacific Anti-Submarine Mission Capabilities
The Royal Australian Air Force sent two P-8A Poseidon aircraft and 51 airmen to the Sea Dragon 2024 exercise that the U.S. Navy is hosting at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, from Jan. 8 to 24. The exercise, which also includes representatives from the United States, India, South Korea and Japan, is focused on anti-submarine...
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Lockheed Martin Contract Advances Australian Missile Manufacturing
Canberra has awarded Lockheed Martin Australia a $24.5 million contract to manufacture Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System missiles. Initial manufacturing, to start in 2025, will be in Australia, a key toward establishing large-scale domestic missile production, as it will transfer U.S. technology, process engineering certification and start technical skill-building for the local workforce, the Australian...
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Michael Lempke Named HII Australia In-Country Business Head
Michael Lempke has been appointed as head of HII Australia, effective Jan. 1. The company operates as a business unit of HII’s Mission Technologies division. The executive is also president of Mission Technologies’ Nuclear and Environmental Services business group. In his new role, Lempke will specifically oversee HII’s interests in the trilateral security partnership of...
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Lockheed Martin Australia Appoints Antonia Marzulli as Operations VP
Antonia Marzulli, former Synergy Group Australia CEO, has rejoined Lockheed Martin as vice president for operations in Australia, according to the company’s post on LinkedIn on Monday. Marzuli spent over six years with Lockheed in the United States, most recently as strategy and business development principal until she left in 2015, according to her LinkedIn...
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US, UK Join Australia in Sanctioning Russia-Backed Medibank Hacker
The United States has joined Australia and the United Kingdom in imposing sanctions on Russian hacker Alexander Ermakov over his role in the ransomware attack against health care insurer Medibank. In 2022, Ermakov infiltrated the Medibank network and stole personally identifiable and sensitive health information of approximately 9.7 million former and current customers. The cyberactor...
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Australian Cyber Security Centre Issues Guidebook for Businesses on Safe AI Use
The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre has issued a new guidebook for businesses on the safe use of artificial intelligence. The international intelligence community contributed to the publication, titled “Engaging with Artificial Intelligence,” ASD said in announcing its release. The ACSC drew input from up to 10 international partners, including the Cybersecurity and...
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AUKUS Investor Group Identifies Potential Topics Ahead of First Meeting
Investors from Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States are banding together to increase collaboration and accelerate capability delivery to warfighters. The AUKUS Defense Investor Network, a group of investors representing about $265 billion in venture capital, is set to hold its first meeting in early February. Heather Richman, chairperson of the U.S. DIN,...
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Australian Ex-PM Scott Morrison Joins Dyne Maritime Advisory Board
Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has joined Dyne Maritime to serve as a member of the US venture capital investor’s advisory board. Morrison, who served as PM from 2018 until 2022, was a founding principal in the formation of the AUKUS trilateral defense agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. “Having the actual architect...