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APDR Podcast Episode 76 with host Kym Bergmann
Before we resume discussing the US media tour, we see that Collins class submarine sustainment has been put on the government’s Projects of Concern list. ASC, the company responsible, is legally owned...
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Schiebel, MDA Space demo radar on CAMCOPTER S-100
Schiebel and MDA Space have demonstrated IMSAR’s NSP Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) with Ground and Maritime Moving Target Indication (GMTI and MMTI) capabilities during a one-week intensive trial at...
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Elbit wins NATO country deal for EW and DIRCM self-protection suites
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded two contracts with an aggregate value of approximately $175 million for the supply of EW (Electronic Warfare) and DIRCM (Directed Infrared...
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Rheinmetall, Auterion partner on drone technology
Rheinmetall and Auterion announced they will be working closely together to develop standardised software-based components for unmanned drone systems. The two companies signed an agreement, thereby...
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Hanwha Aerospace names global defence CEO
Hanwha Aerospace has appointed Michael Coulter as Global Defense CEO to manage the company’s business initiatives in the global defence market. In this newly created position, Coulter will be...
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Global Combat Air Programme partners form JV for GCAP
BAE Systems (UK), Leonardo (Italy), and Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement Co Ltd (JAIEC), have reached an agreement to form a new company under a business joint venture for the Global Combat Air...
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Hanwha Aerospace ships more K9 howitzer, K10 ammo vehicles to Norway
Hanwha Aerospace announced it has shipped a fresh batch of four K9 Self-Propelled Howitzers and eight K10 Ammunition Resupply Vehicles to Norway, a key commitment to supporting the Norwegian defence...
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France’s Shom acquires Exail surface drone
The Shom (French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service) has confirmed the acquisition of the DriX H-8 surface hydrographic drone, developed by the French company Exail, a global leader in...
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EPE Oceania to co-lead lunar rover development
EPE Oceania announced its selection as grantee and co-lead of the ELO2 Consortium to deliver Australia’s first lunar rover. The $42 million project, funded by the Australian Government through the...
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Anschütz completes Hunter PDR for navigation, bridge systems
Anschütz has successfully completed the next milestone in the Australian Hunter Class Frigate Program. During the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Warship Integrated Navigation and Bridge...
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Australia studying infrastructure updates around HMAS Stirling
The Albanese and Cook Labor Governments will deliver a series of studies to inform future infrastructure and transport requirements around HMAS Stirling in Rockingham, Western Australia. Western...
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Mogami frigate launched in Japan
Mogami frigate launched in Japan APDR was fortunate enough to be invited to the launch of the 10th Mogami frigate in Nagasaki, Japan. An upgraded version of the ship is one of three designs being...
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Babcock boost sovereign defence industry capability
Babcock Australasia (Babcock) is taking proactive steps to bolster sovereign capability in Western Australia by introducing its supply chain partners to new defence-specific education opportunities. It...
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Defence awards deals for resource recovery and waste management
Defence has awarded the next generation of Resource Recovery and Waste Management contracts to Cleanaway Operations Pty Ltd and Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd for the next six years....
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Australia plans $159 billion for naval shipbuilding
The Australian government has reaffirmed its commitment to continuous naval shipbuilding and sustainment delivered by an Australian workforce and anchored by sovereign supply chains, through the...
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Final F-35A aircraft delivered to RAAF
The final nine of Australia’s full fleet of 72 F-35A Lightning II aircraft have arrived at RAAF Base Williamtown in New South Wales. The F-35A aircraft fleet, in conjunction with the EA-18G Growler and...
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Australian submariner earns US ‘Dolphins’
The U.S. Navy qualified the first Royal Australian Navy officer on a nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarine at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Dec. 12. In a pier-side ceremony, Rear Adm. Chris...
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Spain orders 25 additional Eurofighter aircraft
The Spanish government has signed a contract with Munich-based, Germany, NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) for the acquisition of 25 Eurofighter aircraft. Known as the Halcon II...
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Rheinmetall supplying Ukraine with 20 Marder IFVs
In December 2024, the Düsseldorf-based technology group Rheinmetall received an order to supply Ukraine with a further 20 Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles. Delivery is scheduled for the first half...
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Ocius CEO Robert Dane in conversation with APDR editor, Kym Bergmann
Kym: Can you give some background about how you and Ocius came into being? Robert: In 1996, so 28 years ago, and I was 38 years old, there was a solar boat race on Lake Burley Griffin and I was a just...
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