Mark Westwood, Isaac Bamfield and Mike Baily, of Atkins (a member of SNC-Lavalin Group), explore the challenges facing Australia as it sets out on its AUKUS journey. Australia has taken a major step in stating its intent to acquire nuclear-powered submarines through its AUKUS treaty with the UK and US. The ...
The first AUKUS artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomy trial has been hosted by the UK, with the aim of rapidly driving these technologies into responsible military use. The first trial focussed on: Experimental work by Australia, UK and US on detecting and tracking military targets Vehicles retrained in flight to adapt to changing ...
Northeast-based UK Docks Marine Services has won one of two new support contracts, for the Royal Navy’s versatile Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs). The eight-year contract worth around £250M will support the second batch of OPVs – HMS Forth, HMS Medway, HMS Trent, HMS Tamar and HMS Spey. The contract creates more than ...
Some £1.5M of funding has been made available for innovations that can tackle UK Defence and Security challenges in space. Launched by DASA and Dstl, Space to Innovate – Charlie Drop is the third ‘challenge drop’ and seeks innovations to develop future space science and technologies. Charlie Drop follows on from the ...
December 3, 2024
Air - Development of battle-winning hypersonic technology accelerated under new AUKUS deal
The development of hypersonic technology is to be accelerated under a new AUKUS arrangement – bolstering the collective security of
November 25, 2024
Air - Saab’s Autonomous Swarm technology used in landmark AUKUS trial
Saab’s Autonomous Swarm technology recently featured in the ground-breaking Project Convergence 2024 trials, consisting of one month in the United
