Australian Defence Business Review features
By Max Blenkin The big grey warships, the frigates and guided missile destroyers, may well be the star athletes of the modern Royal Australian Navy, but it’s always been the little ships which did most…
Australian Defence Business Review features
By Max Blenkin The big grey warships, the frigates and guided missile destroyers, may well be the star athletes of the modern Royal Australian Navy, but it’s always been the little ships which did most…
The concept of a ‘wingman’ is as old as military aviation itself. Providing mutual support within a formation, the purpose of a wingman was established to protect the flight lead and provide…
A comprehensive description of China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) order-of-battle It is no secret that the People’s Republic of China has transformed into an economic powerhouse in the last…
The next war at sea could be fought at the speed of electronic thought, with autonomous vessels obliterating each other, along with conventional crewed vessels in frantic battles decided by which side has…
The SEA 4000 Air Warfare Destroyer program lays the foundations for Australia’s future warship building capability Australia, by its very location has, is, and always will be a maritime nation.…
The Royal Australian Naval College at HMAS Creswell is considered to be the cradle of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), graduating its first cadets in 1916. As such, a vessel…
In a move which has potentially significant consequences for Australia and its security in the broader Indo-Pacific region, US radio frequency data analytics company HawkEye 360 has awarded a contract…
The Commonwealth has short-listed two vehicles for the next phase of the Project LAND 400 Phase 3 requirement for a next generation infantry fighting vehicle replacement for the Australian Army’s…
During the fighting in Iraq, terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) proved itself a master of information operations, convincing Iraqi government troops that they could not be defeated. But they could…
The ADF’s Joint Capabilities Group (JCG) was formed in 2017 as the second phase of the then-new ADF Headquarters (ADF HQ) Implementation Program. The formation of ADF HQ, and subsequently…
Lieutenant General Rick Burr has been in the Chief of Army position for just on a year, and by all accounts has not taken a backward step in continuing his…
No human experience is more stressful than combat. The adrenaline rush, the senses are overwhelmed by harsh noise as bullets crack nearby, each carrying the threat of death or serious…
Government to revive self-propelled howitzer project The Morrison Coalition Government used May’s federal election campaign to announce a revival of the previously cancelled LAND 17 Phase 2 self-propelled artillery project…
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has found the major OneSKY project to unify civil and military air space under a single air traffic management (ATM) system could cost more…
When it comes to defence business in Australia, the big players are often subsidiaries of foreign firms. But now an Aussie veteran-owned small to medium enterprise (SME) is taking a…
Australian aerospace engine maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) provider, TAE Aerospace, announced at February’s Avalon Airshow that it is further expanding its military and commercial engine portfolio and maintenance facility…
Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld officially took command of the RAAF from outgoing CAF, AIRMSHL Gavin ‘Leo’ Davies on July 3. The change of command parade was held at ADF Headquarters…
Following the June 20 contract signature between the Commonwealth and Raytheon Australia for the Enhanced NASAMS system for LAND 19 Phase 7B, we take a look at the back story to this…
The Commonwealth has signed a contract with prime contractor Raytheon Australia for the Enhanced NASAMS system for the Australian Army’s Project LAND 19 Phase 7B short range ground based air…
By John Walton Some 50 years after the formation of Airbus, which French aircraft manufacturer Dassault did not participate in, the two companies are firmly in the same camp on…