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Chief of Army
Defence

Australian Army calls for innovative pitches to optimise the soldier for littoral operations

May 24, 2024

The Australian Army is calling on defence industry and academia to pitch innovative capabilities to optimise the soldier for littoral operations as part of Army Innovation Day 2024 (AID24). AID24 is a strategic collaboration between the […]

Pacific Defense
Defence

Pacific Defense awarded US Navy contract to progress AI and machine learning enabled EW

March 10, 2024

Pacific Defense and partners Perceptronics Solutions and Carnegie Mellon University awarded contract by US Office of Naval Research to innovate distributed battlefield sensors. Provider of adaptive Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) products and mission solutions […]

EPE
Defence

EPE wins contract to enhance NZDF Recon and Surveillance with Exensor Flexnet RGS

February 2, 2024

EPE New Zealand Limited secures contract to enhance the New Zealand Defence Force’s Reconnaissance and Surveillance capabilities with Exensor Flexnet Remote Ground Sensor capabilities. EPE New Zealand Limited (EPE), in collaboration with Bertin Exensor, has […]

HIMARS
Defence

Australian Government purchases 20 Lockheed Martin High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS)

January 6, 2023

The Australian Government has announced the purchase of twenty Lockheed Martin High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), and associated hardware, for an estimated cost of US$385 million. A highly mobile, combat-proven system that fires precision […]

BenchOn
Defence

Strengthening our Ecosystems – real and virtual – a priority for 2023

January 4, 2023

Line of Defence Magazine correspondent Jennie Vickers continues her coverage of LandForces 2022 with a profile of BenchOn and the ecosystem approach that drives their tech development and strategy. Advocating for New Zealand businesses into […]

Nova Systems
Defence

Nova Systems Solving Challenges for the New Zealand Defence Force

September 28, 2022

After just over two years delivering for New Zealand’s land domain, Nova Systems is fast becoming a “go-to” advisory services provider and trusted partner to the Defence Force, the organisation’s Systems Engineering Lead Ade Morris […]

Rheinmetall
Defence

Rheinmetall focuses on local growth working with New Zealand partners

March 17, 2020

Rheinmetall has been an active partner to the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and a member of the nation’s defence industry since 2013.  From its offices at Upper Hutt, the company is now growing its […]

New Zealand Army 2FLD SQN
Defence

Next stage of Network Enabled Army programme to begin

August 17, 2019

Defence Minister Ron Mark has announced on 17 August that Tranche Two of the Network Enabled Army programme has been approved and will commence this year. “The Network Enabled Army project is transforming our Army,” […]

Harris Global Innovation Center
Defence

Minister announces mobile tactical network boost for Army

February 25, 2019

In a media statement released on 25 February, Defence Minister Ron Mark announced that a new tactical communications network will be delivered to the New Zealand Army following the signing of a contract with Harris […]

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