The Australian Defence Force has deployed 250 personnel and at least five aircraft to its main operating base in the UAE to support the withdrawal of Australian and allied nationals,…

The Australian Defence Force will partner with the US on the development of that country’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program. Being developed by Lockheed Martin and with a designed range…

The Royal Australian Navy’s three Hobart class destroyers have formally achieved their final operational capability (FOC). The three vessels, HMA Ships Hobart, Brisbane, and Sydney achieved the milestone following the…

The US Navy has embarked a squadron of Lockheed Martin F-35Cs on the USS Carl Vinson for the type’s first carrier deployment. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) departed…

The Royal Australian Navy’s Project SEA 1448 Phase 4B to upgrade the air search radar capability of the ANZAC class frigate fleet has achieved an initial operational capability (IOC). Described…

AMDA Foundation has announced the cancellation of the 2021 Australian International Airshow at Avalon. In an August 10 release, AMDA Foundation CEO Ian Honnery said the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic had…

The US Navy has announced a successful first flight of the Northrop Grumman AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) recently over its California sea ranges. The first…

The government has announced it has selected Lockheed Martin Australia and Northrop Grumman Australia to proceed to the final stage of the competitive evaluation process for the ADF’s Project AIR…

The latest configuration of the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton made its first flight on July 30. Dubbed Integrated Functional Capability (IFC)-4, the configuration includes for the first time the system’s…

We have people, we have machines. What’s missing? Australia’s defence discussion has an ideas gap that leaves it vulnerable in the face of new challenges. Planned investments in equipment and…

The RAN’s final Hobart class destroyer, HMAS Sydney (V) has returned from an 18-week deployment to the US west coast and Canada where it successfully verified and qualified its weapons…

Australian Defence companies Electro Optic Systems (EOS) and Nova Systems have formed the Sovereign Missile Alliance (SMA), saying it could deliver Australian-made precision munitions within five years. The SMA says…

Active Electronically Scanned Array radars explained Like most great ideas, radar employs an elegantly simple principle. Radio waves are transmitted from an antenna, they collide with an object, properly known…

The Australian Defence Force’s fleet of 47 Airbus/NHI MRH 90 Taipan helicopters has apparently returned to flight following a grounding of nearly two months. ADBR first noticed two MRH 90s…

Defence has released an advanced notification to industry of an impending request for information (RFI) for the Australian Army’s Project LAND 129 Phase 4B small unmanned aerial system (SUAS) requirement.…

At what cost efficiency? One of the more difficult projects for Defence to conceive, plan, and execute, is an enterprise training system – and no more so than a defence…

Defence has announced a three-year extension of the Royal Australian Navy’s contract to operate the Schiebel S-100 Camcopter VTUAS. Originally brought on strength as part of the RAN’s uncapitalised Navy…

Defence has held a series of information sessions with industry and academia as it seeks to build a Sovereign Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise. Announce by the government in…

Indonesia has signed a contract with Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) for six T-50 advanced jet trainers to take to 22 the total number of T-50s it has on order. A…

The UK has signed a contract for 13 General Atomics (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGuardian uncrewed air vehicles to add to the three it has already committed to, completing its planned order…