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Australia's brightest young STEM students to launch Subs in Schools in London

Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today congratulated Prince Alfred College’s ‘Team Triton’ for being chosen to represent Australia at the SUBS in Schools Technology Challenge in London to be launched next month. As participants in Australia’s SUBS in Schools Technology…

'Black Box' for soldiers to capture crucial data on the battlefield

Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today announced that collaboration between Defence and industry will develop the equivalent of a Black Box for soldiers, known as the ‘Fight Recorder’. The two industry partners will receive $700,000 from the Next Generation Technologies…

Cairns Marine Precinct Upgrade Delivered

Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP and Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch today announced the delivery of the Coalition’s election commitment to provide $24 million toward the upgrade of the Cairns Marine Precinct.   The Cairns Marine Precinct provides vital…

Local Businesses Approved For Submarine Supply Chain

Today the Turnbull Government and Naval Group Australia confirmed that 126 local businesses to date have been pre-qualified as eligible to take part in the supply chain for the $50 billion Future Submarine Program. Over the last twelve months, these businesses have been thoroughly assessed and…

Minister Congratulates Quickstep on Continued Success

Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, congratulated Quickstep Holdings Limited on the manufacture and delivery of the 100th shipset of wing flaps for the C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft. “The C-130J contract already supports 50 Australian jobs and Quickstep’s…

New Partnership Between Northrop Grumman Australia and Flinders University

Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today welcomed the signing of a new co-operative agreement between Northrop Grumman Australia and Flinders University. Northrop Grumman Australia and Flinders University have today signed an agreement to explore opportunities for…

Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for Finance - Government’s Investment in Naval Shipbuilding Infrastructure Taking Shape

The Government has today unveiled the design and turned the first sod for the new surface shipbuilding yard in Osborne, South Australia. This is the latest in a series of significant infrastructure announcements supporting the delivery of a continuous naval shipbuilding program in Australia. The…

New Laboratory Boosts Defence Research

Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, congratulated Lockheed Martin on the first anniversary of operations of the Science, Technology, Engineering Leadership, Research Laboratory (STELaRLab), celebrated today in Melbourne, signifying their commitment to Australian innovation…

Australian defence industry wins $300 million F-35 Asia-Pacific Regional Warehouse

Today, we have another win for Australian industry participating in the global F-35 Program, with Australian company, BAE Systems Australia, being assigned the role of the Asia-Pacific Regional Warehouse by the United States Government. This new assignment represents an estimated value to…

Minister for Defence Industry & Minister for Defence - Joint Media Release - Projects of Concern Update

Project AIR 5431 Phase 1 Deployable Defence Air Traffic Management and Control System and Project AIR 5431 Phase 3 Civil Military Air Traffic Management System have been added to the Projects of Concern list. Although the projects are under the same program, there is no dependency between the two…

Technological Edge For Defence In Defendex Partnership

Defence will invest in research into energetic materials and systems in a collaboration agreement announced today by the Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, which will help build Australian industry capability in the small business sector.  Defence Science and…

Small Business Helps Build Naval Capability

Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today announced a new research partnership to pursue innovative maritime Defence technologies.  Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group and Sonartech Atlas signed a three-year agreement today for research and development in…