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DroneShield launches handheld RF intelligence device RfRecon
August 10, 2026
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SPARC AI expands U.S. operations with dedicated federal and public safety team
August 7, 2026

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Highwater acquires Taylor Bros Marine to expand Australian naval outfitting capability
August 6, 2026

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Freespace Operations opens Melbourne facility to scale heavy-lift drone production
August 5, 2026

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Tiltan wins contract to deliver hardware-in-the-loop simulation system for IR electro-optical development
August 5, 2026

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DroneShield launches handheld RF intelligence device RfRecon

DroneShield Limited (ASX:DRO) has announced the launch of RfRecon, a portable radio frequency (RF) intelligence device aimed at defence and…

Communication

Communication | Featured Stories | Information | Technology | August 7, 2026

SPARC AI expands U.S. operations with dedicated federal and public safety team

SPARC AI Inc. has announced the establishment and initial buildout of a dedicated U.S. Federal and Public Safety team, as…

Defence

Highwater acquires Taylor Bros Marine to expand Australian naval outfitting capability

US-based naval services company Highwater has acquired Hobart marine engineering firm Taylor Bros Marine Pty Ltd, in a deal the…

Drones

Freespace Operations opens Melbourne facility to scale heavy-lift drone production

Australian drone manufacturer Freespace Operations has opened a new manufacturing facility in Tullamarine, Melbourne, as it moves to increase production…

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DRONES

Drones

Freespace Operations opens Melbourne facility to scale heavy-lift drone production

Australian drone manufacturer Freespace Operations has opened a new manufacturing facility in Tullamarine, Melbourne, as it moves to increase production…

Drones

Drones | Featured Stories | Security | Technology | August 4, 2026

Millibeam unveils Rakurai handheld counter-drone system backed by $4.6m in federal grants

Australian deep-tech startup Millibeam has unveiled Rakurai, a handheld counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) it says is designed and built around…

Drones

Drones | Featured Stories | Information | Technology | July 29, 2026

DroneShield launches RfAI-3 RF engine aimed at detecting previously unseen drone emissions

DroneShield has launched RfAI-3, the third generation of its radio frequency (RF) intelligence engine, as the company seeks to address…

Drones

Axon Vision and ParaZero integrate ForceField with net-based interceptor for counter-drone use cases

Axon Vision (TASE: AXN) says it has partnered with ParaZero Technologies (Nasdaq: PRZO) to develop an integrated configuration of Axon…

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ROBOTICS

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence | Featured Stories | Robotics | Technology | July 30, 2026

Ethical frameworks must evolve alongside advancements in legged robots

A new study published in Science Robotics is urging governments and industry to update ethical and policy frameworks as legged…

Robotics

Robotics | Security | Technology | July 3, 2026

Striding AI says it is developing robotic foundation systems for Physical AI deployments

Striding AI says it is developing a new generation of “robotic foundation systems” intended to support the deployment of Physical…

AUTOMATION

Automation

Adelaide University tests bee- and ant-inspired swarm robots for mine automation

Researchers at Adelaide University have developed and tested a swarm robotics approach for mining automation, drawing on how bees and…

Automation

Automation | Featured Stories | Security | Technology | May 15, 2026

Arkeus raises A$25m to expand AI sensing systems for autonomous platforms

Arkeus, an Australian defence technology company developing AI-powered sensing systems for autonomous platforms, has raised A$25 million in a Series…

Automation

Automation | Featured Stories | Robotics | Technology | April 11, 2026

OMS Group buys second Exail DriX O-16 USV for subsea cable surveys

Malaysia-based digital infrastructure provider OMS Group has acquired a second Exail DriX O-16 uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to expand its…

Automation

Automation | Featured Stories | Information | March 25, 2026

Study finds family offices adopt AI for operations but hold back on investing

Family offices are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies to improve internal operations and data analysis, but most…

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TECHNOLOGY

Defence

DroneShield launches handheld RF intelligence device RfRecon

DroneShield Limited (ASX:DRO) has announced the launch of RfRecon, a portable radio frequency (RF) intelligence device aimed at defence and…

Communication

Communication | Featured Stories | Information | Technology | August 7, 2026

SPARC AI expands U.S. operations with dedicated federal and public safety team

SPARC AI Inc. has announced the establishment and initial buildout of a dedicated U.S. Federal and Public Safety team, as…

Defence

Highwater acquires Taylor Bros Marine to expand Australian naval outfitting capability

US-based naval services company Highwater has acquired Hobart marine engineering firm Taylor Bros Marine Pty Ltd, in a deal the…

Drones

Freespace Operations opens Melbourne facility to scale heavy-lift drone production

Australian drone manufacturer Freespace Operations has opened a new manufacturing facility in Tullamarine, Melbourne, as it moves to increase production…

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