Stephen Kuper

4 days ago | defenceconnect.com.au | Stephen Kuper

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer KC has formally unveiled the long-awaited Strategic Defence Review, promising a generational uplift, recalibration and modernisation of the UK’s Armed Forces and defence industrial base. The British Prime Minister has declared that the United Kingdom is facing its most serious and complex security environment since the end of the Cold War, with multiple direct threats now challenging the country’s safety, prosperity and democratic institutions.

5 days ago | defenceconnect.com.au | Stephen Kuper

As part of the United Kingdom’s Strategic Defence Review, the UK government has announced an ambitious plan to establish at least six munitions and energetics factories as part of a £1.5 billion (AU$3.12 billion) plan to deliver up to 7,000 long-range warheads. The United Kingdom is set to bolster its Armed Forces and create thousands of new jobs with plans to build at least six new munitions and energetics factories, alongside the production of thousands of long-range weapons.

5 days ago | defenceconnect.com.au | Stephen Kuper

Anduril Industries and Meta have announced a partnership to design, build and deploy a suite of integrated mixed reality (XR) products aimed at enhancing the situational awareness and enabling intuitive control of autonomous systems on the battlefield for US warfighters. The partnership, which leverages over a decade of investment from both companies in advanced hardware, software and artificial intelligence, is privately funded – meaning no taxpayer dollars are involved.

5 days ago | defenceconnect.com.au | Stephen Kuper

Lockheed Martin has confirmed the successful liftoff of the company's eighth GPS III satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. In a repeat of its rapid response performance from December 2024, GPS III SV08 was fast-tracked from its cleanroom in Colorado to launch preparations in Florida, achieving lift-off in just over three months, far quicker than the standard timeline for such missions.

5 days ago | defenceconnect.com.au | Stephen Kuper

Babcock Australasia has expanded its servicing portfolio to include the Arafura Class offshore patrol vessels (OPV), following the successful completion of the first intermediate maintenance availability for NUSHIP Arafura, lead ship of the class. A four-week intermediate maintenance availability (IMAV) was successfully completed on NUSHIP Arafura in early April, assisting in establishing the maintenance baseline for this new Commonwealth vessel.