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• Penten wins plaudits, cyber contracts

  Two Defence Innovation Hub contracts awarded to Canberra-based cyber security company Penten are worth a total of $2.2 million, the federal government said today.

• Killer robot campaign defector to 'embed ethics' in autonomous weapons

  Dr Jai Galliott – an academic at UNSW Canberra – used to be against fully autonomous weapons, an emerging class of military technology that leverages artificial intelligence to select and shoot enemies.

• Government funds ‘Cyber Training’ range for ADF

  The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will get a ‘Cyber Training’ range to boost its information security training capabilities, the government announced today.

• Thales Australia seeks CIO

  ​French multinational defence contractor Thales is seeking a new chief information officer for its Australian division.

• NBN to deliver broadband services to Defence bases

  Personnel at some 400 Air Force, Navy and Army sites will receive broadband access under a deal between the Australian Defence Force and NBN.

• Defence launches 'Information Warfare Division'

  ​The Australian Defence Force is launching a new ‘Information Warfare Division’ responsible for ‘electronic warfare’, the government announced today.

• Defence begins IT services procurement overhaul

  The Department of Defence has released a formal request for tender to establish a new panel of ICT service providers.

• New Defence ICT strategy outlines $20b, 10-year investment

  The Department of Defence has released an updated ICT strategy intended to help it implement the ‘One Defence’ reform program and the priorities outlined in the 2016 Defence White Paper.

• Defence prepares for massive ERP overhaul

  The Department of Defence has begun seeking systems integrators as it moves ahead with what it believes is the largest ERP program implementation by the Australian government.

• Defence trials IBM’s Watson for psyops

  The Department of Defence has carried out trials employing IBM’s cognitive computing platform, Watson, Mohan Aiyaswami this morning told a Cebit eGovernment conference in Sydney.

• Defence seeks IT execs

  The Department of Defence is seeking a number of senior IT executives to join its Chief Information Officers Group.

• Air Force demos on-board Wi-Fi

  The Air Force has demoed wireless networking for portable devices on board its C-17A Globemaster aircraft.

• ​Australian Defence College pilots Google Apps

  The Australian Defence College (ADC) is running a pilot program of Google Apps designed to replace its Open Student Network.

• Defence review takes aim at application sprawl

  The First Principles Review of Defence released today by the government has identified a "costly and complex" application landscape within the Defence Department as a source of waste and inefficiencies.

• Australia needs 'cyber weapons', report argues

  The Australian Defence Force (ADF) needs to develop a full-spectrum defence strategy which includes cyber weapons according to a new report by Professor Alan Dupont.