
Raytheon Australia, part of RTX’s Raytheon business, has signed a $277 million contract extension to continue managing the Royal Australian Navy’s Collins-class submarine combat system.

Four major defense companies have proposed the establishment of an AUKUS Combat Systems Collaborative Team in contemplation of a potential role for Australia’s SSN-AUKUS conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarines.

Defense solutions provider Ultra Maritime has been selected to provide next-generation torpedo defense capabilities for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Hunter-class frigate program.

Rohde & Schwarz Australia and Austal Ships have entered into a definitive agreement for the delivery, installation, acceptance testing, and transition into service of Rohde & Schwarz’ NAVICS integrated communications systems for the first two Australian Border Force (ABF) evolved Cape-class patrol b

MANGROVE consortium, led by Saab, has been selected by NATO to lead the new Allied Underwater Battlespace Mission Network project (AUWB-MN).

Hobart-based Liferaft Systems Australia (LSA) has been selected to supply marine evacuation systems (MES) for the Hunter-class frigate program under a contract with BAE Systems Australia.

Kongsberg Defence Australia has secured a $50 million export order for naval strike missile (NSM) launcher systems for two European nations.

Rohde & Schwarz Australia has selected STS Defence to supply the critical communications masts for the Royal Australian Navy’s new Hunter-class frigates.

BAE Systems Australia has secured an $89 million, five-year contract extension with the Commonwealth of Australia to provide in-service periscope support for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) six Collins-class submarines.

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN) multi-role vessel, HMNZS Canterbury, has sailed into Suva, carrying uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) – the Bluebottles Tahi and Rua, as part of Operation Calypso, a joint maritime security effort with the Republic of Fiji Navy.

Q-CTRL has tested its advanced quantum navigation sensors with the Australian Defence Force aboard the Australian Navy’s multi-role aviation training vessel MV Sycamore.

The Indonesian Navy has selected Exail Technologies to provide several robotic systems as part of its underwater mine countermeasure program.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, and CAE, a company that provides training and simulation, have decided to collaborate to deliver CAE’s magnetic anomaly detection-extended role (MAD-XR) system for installation aboard US Navy and Royal Australian Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopters.

The Barak MRSAM air defense system, developed jointly by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and India’s Ministry of Defence, has completed a series of operational trials.