Technology has evolved to the point where robot dogs and humanoids are deployable for military field duties.

Oleg Vornik, CEO of DroneShield, weighs in on the Commonwealth government’s defence industry revitalisation plan.

The success of counter-UAS (C-UAS) defences often depends on a single factor: the ability of a human operator to correctly identify and react to a drone threat, writes Oleg Vornik, chief executive of DroneShield.

What technique best defeats rogue drones? This question has surged into importance as threats from drones—becoming more and more capable and accessible—continue to increase dramatically.

Australia is under way to invest billions in much-needed major Defence programs, including (the much reduced but still significant) LAND400 for Infantry Fighting Vehicles, submarines, HIMARS long range strike capability vehicles, Northern Bases overhaul and much more.

Australian suppliers took a crippling hit when the automotive industry collapsed. Although the outlook for manufacturing at large remains uncertain, defence manufacturing is on the rise, and has been for three to four years.

For airports, drones aren’t just a nuisance. They are a rapidly proliferating safety threat. A single drone in the hands of a negligent owner can bring airports to a standstill

Large-scale and open-air events in sports stadiums and other commercial venues have become ripe targets for drones and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)

Russian forces have used “greyzone warfare” (cyber, unmarked troops, Wagner Group etc) both in Eastern Ukraine and around the globe extensively for a number of years now. Using drones is an extension of this strategy.

Small drones or small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) moved from a novelty to an everyday presence over the past decade across civilian day-to-day life

Modern warfare and tactics are regularly evolving, and asymmetric warfare is becoming a core discipline. Though this evolution raises the question of whether we are keeping up.

War is a fact of life for humankind. We have been constantly killing each other in increasingly deadly and larger scale ways for most of our history, with the last 60 years of relative peace being an aberration by historical norms.

Australia’s connection points to the global internet are vulnerable in this era of concern about increased hi-tech warfare. Undersea cables essentially carry all of the data to and from the country – without them, we go dark losing internet, phone, or other means to connect.