The Albanese Government will more than double investment in counter drones for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with up to $7 billion allocated under the Integrated Investment Program (IIP) over the next decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of the major boost in investment, the Albanese Government today announced two initial contracts for Aussie made next-generation counter\u2011drone platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The investment is part of the Government’s plan to spend billions more on drone and counter drone platforms over the decade, in line with the recently\u2011released 2026 National Defence Strategy and Integrated Investment Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the war in Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East showing how uncrewed aerial systems are increasingly being employed in conflict, the development of sovereign counter-drone solutions is essential to ensure the ADF can detect, assess and respond to these threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The initial investments of $21.3 million in AIM Defence and $10.4 million in SYPAQ Systems has been awarded through the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator\u2019s (ASCA) Mission Syracuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This will enable AIM Defence to further enhance the capability and combat readiness of its high-powered counter-drone laser system, Fractl, to counter individual and swarms of drones. This portable high energy laser system is capable of tracking objects as small as a 10-cent piece at more than 100kph and powerful enough to burn through steel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SYPAQ Systems will build on their expertise in affordable, high performance uncrewed air vehicles to develop the Corvo Strike, an interceptor drone designed to track, target and destroy larger drones now commonly employed on battlefields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ASCA will also facilitate the integration of these systems into the ADF\u2019s existing control system being delivered under LAND156.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Australia\u2019s unique geography has driven a focus on larger drones, the Government\u2019s efforts under Mission Syracuse will accelerate the deployment of advanced capabilities designed to counter medium\u2011sized drones and swarms of small drones that our personnel could encounter in complex operational environments abroad or while protecting people and infrastructure domestically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Albanese Government has allocated up to $22 billion for drone, counter-drone and autonomous system technologies over the decade in the 2026 <\/em>Integrated Investment Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Defence Industry, Pat Conroy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Albanese Government is building a stronger and more resilient defence industry through investing in Australian innovation, skills and disruptive technologies that will keep Australians safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Government\u2019s record investment in defence through the 2026 Integrated Investment Program includes record investment in drone and counter-drone capabilities \u2013 ensuring Australia can respond to threats to Australia\u2019s security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith the war in Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East showing how uncrewed aerial systems are increasingly being employed in conflict, the development of sovereign counter-drone solutions is essential to ensure the Australian Defence Force can detect, assess and respond to these threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Head Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator, Major General Hugh Meggitt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMission Syracuse will exploit Australian industry\u2019s world leading expertise in kinetic and directed energy to find, fix, track, target and engage Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). It will significantly enhance the ADF\u2019s ability to counter the threat posed by UAVs employed by malicious actors; domestically and abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Albanese Government will more than double investment in counter drones for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with up to $7 billion allocated under the Integrated Investment Program (IIP) over the next decade. As part of the major boost in investment, the Albanese Government today announced two initial contracts for Aussie made next-generation counter\u2011drone platforms. … Continue reading “Albanese Government to invest up to $7 billion in counter drone defence”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38546,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38545\/revisions\/38546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}