Max Blenkin

1 week ago | australiandefence.com.au | Max Blenkin

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1 week ago | australiandefence.com.au | Max Blenkin

As the Australian Defence Force (ADF) continues to increase the number of women in the ranks, one constant remains – most uniform and equipment items are not always well suited to the female form. Emily Pyke, a 13-year Navy veteran and petty officer (PO) who has now transferred to the Reserves, aims to address that with a specialist range of base layers and undergarments designed to deliver comfort and protection for serving females.

1 week ago | australiandefence.com.au | Max Blenkin

Thank you for visiting AustralianDefence.com.au - Australia's leading source of Defence Industry news and viewsTo continue reading this article, and to gain free access to up to four articles per week, simply sign up to the ADM Standard Membership. A Digital Membership will give you unlimited access to online news and articles except those marked as Premium. Or to get unlimited access on any device, at any time, upgrade to ADM Premium.

2 weeks ago | australiandefence.com.au | Max Blenkin

Australian AI defence company Arkeus has made it first big sale to the US military in a deal for its drone-carried artificial intelligence surveillance technology. Arkeus chief executive officer Simon Olsen said that was for the company’s flagship hyperspectral optical radar (HSOR). a disruptive world-first ISR capability designed for autonomous-enabled operations. “We are in the process of manufacturing and delivering those systems,” he told ADM.

1 month ago | australiandefence.com.au | Max Blenkin

The Ukraine conflict has proven a very useful testing ground for new technology, none more so than the V-BAT surveillance drone, made by US defence and autonomous systems company, Shield AI. Flying 60km inside Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory in August last year, Ukrainian troops asked the V-BAT operators to take a closer look at a particular location. And there, previously unnoticed, was a Russian Buk surface-to-air missile system.