Australian defence manufacturer DroneShield has inked a collaboration agreement with The Australian Missile Corporation (AMC), as the $1bn Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) enterprise enters the next phase.
The Federal Government invited the AMC as one of the Australian-based GWEO enterprise panel partners in April to collaborate with the two leading global missile manufacturers, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, on the development of a local industry.
Counterdrone security, which is crucial on today’s battlefields as the conflict in Ukraine has shown, as well as electronic warfare and associated artificial intelligence work are areas of cooperation between AMC and DroneShield that are being looked into.
Rear Admiral Lee Goddard (Ret.), AMC’s CEO, stated: “We are pleased to cooperate with DroneShield, with its Australian sovereign capability, as we progress our GWEO program.
“Its world-leading technologies combined with its expertise in engineering and physics would be critical to the development of guided weapons in Australia.”
DroneShield CEO, Oleg Vornik, added, “We are thrilled to work with AMC and its network of partners, to assist in delivering of this iconic Australian defence program.”
