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- China's grip on rare earths puts focus on Australia June 23, 2019China's veiled threats to cut its rare earth supply as part of its trade war with the United States have thrown the spotlight on whether Australia - the world's second-biggest producer - can step in to fill the gap. China dominates the global rare earth market, producing more than 70 per cent of last year's […]
- AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE CADETS REACHING FOR THE STARS June 23, 2019The sound of the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) old and new frontline fighters rains down through the roof of the marquee-come-mess where military personnel are seated for lunch. The FA-18 Hornet flying overhead in company with the F-35 Lightning II represents a changing of the guard. However, there is also generational change taking place […]
- US, Australia sign cross-servicing agreement for C-17A transport aircraft June 23, 2019The United States and Australia have agreed on a cross-servicing arrangement for the repair and maintenance of Boeing C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft, the Department of Defence (DoD) in Canberra announced on 21 June. The Aircraft Repair and Maintenance Service Implementing Arrangement (ARMS-IA) will allow C-17A technicians from the United States Air Force (USAF) and […]
- NASA contract demonstrates northern Australia’s potential as a space launch hub June 23, 2019The geographic and economic landscape of northern Australia, as well as its history and ecology, differ in fundamental ways from southern Australia with its large cities and well-connected inhabitants. Sparsely populated, the north typically has vast open spaces with little infrastructure. Many Australians living in the north actually live closer to some of the world’s […]
- Iran executes ‘defence contractor’ over spying as Trump vows new sanctions and keeps military strike option open June 23, 2019Iran has executed a “defence ministry contractor” convicted of spying for the CIA, semi-official news agency ISNA reported. “The execution sentence was carried out for Jalal Haji Zavar, a contractor for the defence ministry’s aerospace organisation who spied for the CIA and the American government,” ISNA reported, quoting the Iranian military. ISNA said he was […]
- The Air Force has a new drone-killing microwave weapon named 'Thor' June 23, 2019U.S. military bases across the globe may soon have a New Mexico-made, high-powered microwave weapon at their disposal to instantaneously down swarms of enemy drones. The Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base unveiled the weapon Thursday morning in a live demonstration with local reporters, who watched the system effortlessly knock a hovering […]
- US Defence Company Used 'Hypothetical' War With Iran to Sell Global Hawk Drones to Pentagon - Report June 23, 2019Already simmering tensions between the US and Iran nearly escalated into a direct confrontation following the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) downing of a US Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk spy drone flying over the coastal province of Hormozgan after it allegedly violated the country's airspace. More than 10 years ago, the US Department of […]
- Everything's coming up Kraken, as St. John's company picks up rare U.S. military contract June 23, 2019Innovation is the name of the game for Kraken Robotics, and it's paying off as just this month the company signed a rare contract with the United States navy on top of another U.S. deal. "We're pretty pumped," said president and CEO Karl Kenny. "It's a fairly big deal. Only a few of these are […]
- Raytheon to Conduct Cyber Assessments of USAF Aircraft Systems June 23, 2019Raytheon and the Air Force are working on a type of “bug bounty” focused on addressing cyber deficiencies, but this time on aircraft. The company is contracted to conduct cyber vulnerability assessments on several aircraft subsystems and then work to mitigate the issues through resiliency instead of simply aiming to be impervious to attacks, said […]
