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Six MAGIC finalists selected

MAGIC is a joint initiative of Australia’s DSTO and the US DoD, aiming to develop teams of robots which can operate autonomously on the battlefield.

Six high-tech teams from the US, Turkey, Japan and Australia have made it to the finals of the Multi-Autonomous Groundrobotics International Challenge.

IBFT selection

The IBFTS contract is a short-term solution to provide basic pilot training for the Australian Defence Force.

BAE Systems Australia has reportedly been selected as preferred tenderer by the RAAF for a six-year Interim Basic Flying Training Services contract.

Australian robot for US Marines

The Rover is programmed to mimic human behaviour to provide a realistic, challenging and interactive training scenario for marksmen.

NSW-based Marathon Robotics has won a $57 million contract with the US Marine Corps to trial their advanced Rover system for training soldiers in live firing exercises.

Virginia class reliability defended

The Virginia class program office stated it “is inaccurate to say the Virginia class has a reliability problem”.

Days after the Pentagon's top weapons tester decried reliability rates of the Virginia class attack submarine, the program office said this depiction was "inaccurate".

Project Ninox delivers 65 AMSTAR GSRs

Maj-Gen Ash Power, Commander 1 Div and Gnr Clinton Wong 131 STA Bty officially launched the first AMSTAR at Enoggera in December 2005. Photo: Cpl Tim Asher/Army News.

The ADF has received 61 Australian Manportable Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar (AMSTAR) ground surveillance radars (GSRs) as part of Project Ninox.

Bids submitted for Air 9000 Ph.8

Eurocopter’s new NFH-90 NATO Frigate Helicopter (top) is competing against Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky’s MH-60R “Romeo” Seahawk for Air 9000 Ph 8.

Both the US Navy and Eurocopter/Australian Aerospace submitted their bids for the Australian Navy's future combat helicopter requirement under AIR 9000 Ph.8 on 23 July.

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