2nd October 2026
Hammerstone Managing Director Matthew Shea joins Simon Beaumont on 6PR Perth to explain why Land Forces matters. He describes it as the premier Army conference, held every two years, where Defence and industry come together to talk about what Army needs built and the innovation it’s looking for.
Shea also outlines who Hammerstone will be meeting on the Thales Australia stand: major primes such as Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Hanwha, smaller defence businesses, and the WA-based companies Hammerstone already works closely with.
1st October 2026
Hammerstone Managing Director Matthew Shea joins Stephen Cenatiempo on 2CC Canberra to explain how Australia can turn Ukraine’s battlefield experience into something practical. He makes the case for bringing that knowledge home, with maintainability and repairability as key lessons: knowing what equipment you have, where it is, what condition it’s in and whether it’s available for tasking. That’s the work Hammerstone does through ReadyFleet™.
Shea also explains why logistics is now a target, all the way back to the national support base at home. With the network more fragile than it once was, he says the lesson from Ukraine is that dispersal, resilience and the ability to keep operating are critical.
18 September 2026
Hammerstone General Manager Matt Hanlon joins Steve Austin on ABC Radio Brisbane to explain what the conflict in Ukraine means for contested logistics. He outlines how uncrewed systems are being used to resupply soldiers in contested areas and keep people out of harm’s way, an area Hammerstone works in through its autonomous systems capability, and why the speed of change on the front line holds lessons for Australia.
Drawing on Hammerstone’s own growth, Hanlon also talks about building a defence business in Brisbane as Queensland’s defence industry expands, and how a local company can take on problems at a national and international level.
30 August 2026
On 2GB’s Weekends with Luke Grant, Hammerstone Managing Director Matthew Shea discusses how modern warfare is evolving with drones, autonomous systems, space and cyber capabilities, while human decision-making remains the decisive factor in any combined-arms outcome. He explains why contested logistics has become a frontline concern for modern militaries, with the national support base now extending well beyond front-line supply to include the factories that produce defence equipment, themselves increasingly targets for cyber and disruption.
Shea outlines how Hammerstone gives mission leads the visibility they need of critical assets across that entire chain, from factory to firing point, driving efficiencies in both time and cost across the battlefield.
26 August 2026
In a 3AW Melbourne interview, host Tony Moclair asks Managing Director Matthew Shea about the difficult transition many ADF veterans face moving into the private sector, and whether veteran-owned businesses like Hammerstone help bridge that gap.
Shea speaks to his own transition after 15 years and multiple operational deployments, describing his initial move into the mining sector before returning to apply that same smart technology back into the defence community.
25 August 2026
Speaking with John Stanley on 2GB and 4BC, former Army Captain, and barrister Keith Wolahan highlights Hammerstone as a standout among Australia’s roughly 45,000 veteran-owned businesses, noting the Brisbane company was founded by a mix of defence veterans and industry leaders and has exceeded its own targets for employing veterans.
Wolahan frames Hammerstone’s work in contested logistics as central to the old military maxim that “amateurs practice tactics, professionals practice logistics,” and holds the company up as an example of veterans bringing outside ideas back into Defence to produce cutting-edge breakthroughs.
17 July 2026
The Courier Mail profiles Hammerstone’s growth from a veteran-founded startup into one of Queensland’s most innovative defence technology companies, built by General Manager Matt Hanlon, former major in the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and five fellow ex-ADF veterans.
The piece covers the Hammerstone’s flagship ReadyFleet platform, its ongoing engagement with the ADF and AUKUS partners, and Hanlon’s case for a stronger sovereign industrial base to support both Defence capability and Australian jobs. It positions Hammerstone within Queensland’s wider defence tech sector alongside companies like Arkeus, Emesent and Skyborne Technologies.
16 July 2026
In a 4BC Brisbane radio interview, host Gary Hardgrave asks Hammerstone General Manager Matt Hanlon about the tracking technology the company has built out of Brisbane.
Hanlon outlines the core questions defence and industry users need answered in real time — where’s the equipment, what condition is it in, and what’s available for tasking — and describes the proprietary software Hammerstone has developed to give military and defence users that situational awareness.
August 2025
Cumulocity’s customer success story details how Hammerstone chose to build on the Cumulocity IoT platform rather than develop its own sensor integration infrastructure from scratch, cutting an estimated 18 months off development time for defence-grade deployments.
The piece frames this as a “buy and build” approach that let Hammerstone move faster on mission-critical projects while meeting the strict deployment timelines Defence customers require. It positions the partnership as a case study in accelerating time-to-value for complex sensor integration work in the defence sector.
17 March 2025
Systematic profiles its collaboration with Hammerstone on the Land Capability Information Management System (LCIMS), a sense and respond logistics proof of concept built for the Australian Army between November 2023 and December 2024.
The piece details how Hammerstone’s ReadyFleet platform was integrated with Systematic’s SitaWare suite to feed real-time vehicle health data through to tactical command, with commentary from Hammerstone’s Matt Hanlon and Systematic’s Mark Gainsford (Vice President for Business Development) and Edward Rossiter (Solution Engineer) on the interoperability achieved.
19 November 2024
AIDN announces the rebrand of ECLIPS Logistics to Hammerstone, timed to the company’s presence at MilCIS 2024, and explains the name change as a way to distinguish the business from sister companies ECLIPS Engineering and ECLIPS Manufacturing as it sharpens its focus on digitally integrated supply chains and autonomous systems.
The piece introduces the Hammerstone leadership team on the ground at the conference, including Managing Director Matthew Shea and General Manager Matt Hanlon. It frames the rebrand as the start of a new chapter for the company within sense and respond logistics, digital supply chains and integrated product support.
