Defence Minister, the federal government
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister (former) | Commonwealth of Australia | @AuManufacturing |
| Defence Minister and Deputy PM (former) | Australian Government | @AuManufacturing (6 Mar 2025), @AuManufacturing (5 May 2024), Defence Connect, Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (1 May 2023), @AuManufacturing (16 Jan 2023) |
| Defence Minister | the federal government | @AuManufacturing |
Stories naming Richard Marles. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
The federal government has awarded US shipbuilder HII's Australian subsidiary $9.6 million for a two-year pilot that will qualify local SMEs to supply submarine programs, delivered via H&B Defence, HII's venture with Babcock.
Weekly roundup: CEA Technologies lands a $272m radar contract, five startups receive federal grants, Victorian factory insolvencies climb, and GFG Alliance's Whyalla Steelworks hunts new financing.
Weekly roundup of the outlet's most-read stories: grants for industry bodies, Space Machines' India mission funding, a plastics recycler's Melbourne factory, an Austal ownership debate, and a quantum growth centre.
Roundup covering manufacturing placements by Sparc Technologies and Aurora Labs, Wellnex's planned London listing, an autonomous navy boat trial, a workplace fine, a software degree launch and AusBiotech's next CEO.
More than eleven Australian defence firms have contracted to build drone prototypes under ASCA's Sovereign UAS Challenge, with contracts worth a combined $1.21 million and demonstrations planned for April.
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Australia will create the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator, backed by a decade-long $3.4 billion commitment, to speed defence innovation and procurement; the news follows Fleet Space's recently revealed $6.4m Defence contract.
An academic explainer of directed energy weapons, covering AIM Defence's newly launched Melbourne testing range, a Defence deal with QinetiQ for a prototype laser, and the ASCA program.
The Commonwealth has agreed to acquire radar maker CEA Technologies, eventually making it a government business enterprise. The piece also recalls Motorola's purchase of Barrett Communications and flags other vulnerable defence firms.
A roundup of Australian defence industry items: submarine build plans reaffirmed, missile supply contracts for Kongsberg and Lockheed Martin, DroneShield purchase orders, an F-35 warehouse deal, and questions over a shipbuilding college closure.