AllBoeing and BMT demonstrate maritime network prototype
Photo: Australia Defence Magazine Boeing and its maritime engineering partner, BMT have successfully tested an Australian-developed maritime communications system that will enhance RAN major fleet unit connectivity and advance joint force capabilities. The Maritime Warfighter Network is an evolution of Boeing’s Integrated Battlespace Telecommunications Network (I-BTN), which has been adapted to meet the unique operational […]
BAE Systems delivers their 1,000th F-35 fuselage
Photo: Defence Connect BAE Systems has delivered the 1,000th F-35 Lightning II fuselage to Lockheed Martin in a major milestone in the development of the iconic aircraft. The 1,000th fifth-generation fighter rear fuselage was sent to Lockheed Martin for the F-35 on 7 February, more than a decade since the first fuselage was delivered in 2005. […]
Austal Australia launches fifth evolved Cape Class
Photo: Defence Connect Launched at Western Australia’s Henderson shipyard, the future ADV Cape Woolamai was under construction for 12 months and launched just four months after the most recently constructed ECCPB. According to Austal, the ADV Cape Woolamai was named after the headland at the south-eastern tip of Phillip Island in Victoria. Delivery to Defence is […]
DEFENCE MINISTER ANNOUNCES REMOVAL OF CHINESE-MADE SECURITY CAMERAS
Photo: Cyber Security Connect In a move that will no doubt do little to help relations between China and Australia, the defence minister, Richard Marles, has announced that around 900 Chinese-made security cameras will be removed from government buildings following reports of security concerns. The move comes on the tail of an article in the […]