UK and Australia boost radar technology and industry cooperation as Defence Minister visits Indo-Pacific partners

The UK and Australia are boosting cooperation on radar technology, as Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard MP kicks off a visit to Indo-Pacific partners this week. 

Minister Pollard and Minister Conroy alongside industry in front of the radar. Copyright: CEA

• New signing will see UK and Australian firms work together on cutting-edge radar systems, boosting growth across both countries’ defence industries.
• Work to build on UK-Australia defence partnership, already supporting tens of thousands of jobs in both countries through AUKUS. 
• Comes as Minister Luke Pollard kicks off a visit to Australia and New Zealand to strengthen defence and industrial partnerships. 

The statement of intent involving QinetiQ and CEA Technologies, signed today in Canberra,

Joint Statement by the Foreign Minister of Australia and the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom on Technology Facilitated Gender-Based Violence

Joint Statement by the Foreign Minister of Australia and the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom on Technology Facilitated Gender-Based Violence.

We, the Foreign Minister of Australia and Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, reaffirm our shared commitment to end all forms of gender-based violence. Protecting against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment – including in development, humanitarian and peacekeeping contexts – is a cornerstone of our foreign policy.

Gender-based violence remains a pervasive human rights abuse, experienced by one in three

‘Space Bridge’ across the world will help UK and Australia get ahead in global space race

The UK and Australia have signed a new ‘Space Bridge’ partnership to increase knowledge exchange and investment across the two countries’ space sectors. 

From: UK Space Agency and Department for International Trade

The world’s first Space Bridge will unlock improved access to trade, investment and academic research opportunities, better advice to businesses and innovative bilateral collaborations. The UK and Australia share future ambitions for space and have similar plans to increase the size and job creation potential of the sector. This agreement will further develop the longstanding relationship between the two countries which dates back to the 1970s when the Prospero satellite built in Farnborough, UK, launched from Woomera, South Australia.

The arrangement enhances cooperation

UK and Australia collaborate to accelerate advanced materials integration

Funding for innovative proposals covering integration of composites, adhesives for structural joining, joining high temperature structures and improving armour systems

From:

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Defence and Security Accelerator, and Jeremy Quin MP

The UK and Australian governments are funding innovative proposals to integrate advanced materials into military platforms such as armoured vehicles

Defence research and development ties between the UK and Australia are already strong, but have been strengthened further under a bilateral international program to accelerate the integration of advanced materials into military platforms.

Nine teams of partners across both nations