https://spacewatch.global/tag/australian-defence-force/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 04 Nov 2024 10:40:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/australian-defence-force/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/11/australian-defence-department-cancels-contract-with-lockheed/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62102 The Australian Government's Department of Defence has cancelled its "current procurement activity" with Lockheed Martin Australia after deciding that it did not align with its 2024 National Defence Strategy. The procurement activity involves the Department's 2021 call for tender for a Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite communications system that it would own and operate. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/04/lockheed-martin-selected-as-preferred-bidder-for-jp9102/ Wed, 05 Apr 2023 06:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47823 Lockheed Martin, an Australian aerospace company, announced on the 3rd of April that it has been selected by the Commonwealth of Australia as the perfect bidder for Project JP9102, the Australian Defence Satellite Communications System.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/australia-selects-airbus-to-fast-track-space-technologies/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 06:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42252 Australia selected Airbus as the strategic partner for Defence’s Resilient Multi-mission Space STaR Shot, a strategic research program established to develop future space capabilities for the Australian Defence Force (ADF), Australia’s Defence said. Satellite developer and integrator, Airbus Defence and Space, was chosen by a panel of experts from Defence and the Australian Space Agency.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/south-australian-companies-collaborate-for-the-countrys-future-in-space/ Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41764 Leading South Australian space companies announced an exciting collaboration that will explore launching a rocket and a spacecraft with an interfaced electronic warfare payload from Southern Launch’s Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex.  Southern Launch, ATSpace Australia, Asension, and Inovor Technologies signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Adelaide.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/07/spacewatchgl-oped-australia-and-the-us-in-space-ready-for-lift-off/ Sun, 12 Jul 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=24149&preview=true&preview_id=24149 As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and The Strategist, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles. This is “Australia and the US in space—ready for lift-off?" by Malcolm Davis, originally published on 8 July 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/07/defending-australia-and-its-interests-includes-7bn-for-space/ Fri, 10 Jul 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=24124&preview=true&preview_id=24124