The mysterious object washed up off western Australia, about 250km north of Perth By Geeta Pandey, Published by the BBC ,18 July 2023 India's space chief says a giant metal dome that washed up on an Australian beach was definitely part of a rocket - but may or may not
Blue Bear Ghost drones took part in a first AUKUS AI and autonomy trial designed to test target tracking capabilities under the direction of trilateral teams (UK MoD) By Tim Martin, Published by Breaking Defense, 25 May 2023 BELFAST — A collection of Australian, UK and US “AI-enabled assets” operated
Engineers from Johns Hopkins APL and government partners stand in front of the Deep Space Advanced Radar Concept (DARC) in White Sands Missile Range, in August 2021. DARC will become the largest space tracking radar system. (Johns Hopkins APL/Craig Weiman) By Colin Clark, Published by Breaking Defense, 7 April 2023
By Andrew Greene, Published by ABC News, 1 December 2022 Visiting senior US military officers believe Australia is a "pot of gold at the end of the rainbow", as they eye off this continent's "prime" geography for future space operations. Key points: US military officials visiting Australia say conflict in space
By Natasha May, Published by the Guardian, 1 August 2022 Astrophysicist Brad Tucker says he often gets calls from people who think they’ve found space junk but the scorched metal found by two farmers is ‘very real’ The Australian Space Agency is investigating space debris found in farmland in the
By Brian Toohey, Published by Community99, 15 April 2022 Developments at the U.S.-Australian satellite intelligence base at Pine Gap near Alice Springs give the United States an unprecedented ability to detect Chinese spacecraft from space and potentially destroy them. Previously, detection was mainly based on ground-based radars, which are no longer seen as suitable for identifying
By Stewart Brash, Emma Haskin, Published by ABC, 3 March 2022 Key points: The Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap is situated on the outskirts of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory The base is thought to be playing a crucial role in gathering intelligence on Russia's attack on Ukraine Experts say Pine Gap is
By Malcolm Davis, Published by The Strategist, 2 March 2022 Australia’s role in critical space domain awareness (SDA) is becoming a major mission for the defence force. Australia has long provided a ‘suitable piece of real estate’ as part of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing community and through the 2014 Combined
