Raytheon Australia, Austal, and BMT have announced they have teamed to bid for the Australian Army’s Project LAND 8710 Phase 1A Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel – Medium (LMV-M) requirement. Dubbed the…

Anduril Australia has announced that it will partner with the Australian Defence Force on the development of an extra large autonomous underwater vehicle (XL-AUV) for the Royal Australian Navy. The…

Updated 4 May 2022 with Schiebel statement The Commonwealth has shelved the Royal Australian Navy’s Project SEA 129 Phase 5 Block 1 Maritime Unmanned Aircraft System (MUAS) tender process, and…

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reportedly allocated funding and will negotiate with the US JSF Program Office (JPO) for 26 more F-35B Lightning II combat aircraft. The UK…

The donation of Australian defence Force equipment to the government of Ukraine has been expanded, with the provision of six M777 lightweight towed howitzers and 155mm ammunition. Four of the…

The US Air Force has confirmed it will acquire an unspecified number of E-7 Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft to replace some of its ageing E-3 Sentry AWACS fleet. In an April…

The New Zealand government has announced the deployment of a Royal New Zealand Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules transport and 50 support personnel to Europe for at least two months…

Maintenance technicians from the US Navy and Royal Australian Air Force recently completed a six-week training event on the AN/ALQ-249(V)1 next generation jammer – mid band (NGJ-MB) that is being…

The UK government has announced it will order 100 more Rheinmetall Boxer 8×8 armoured vehicles to add to the 523 already on order for the British Army. The UK joined…

The first of 20 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles (PMV) to be donated by Australia to the government of Ukraine have departed Amberley aboard a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster…

The leaders of the AUKUS alliance have reaffirmed their commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and have added a number of new shared capabilities to the August 2021…

Defence Minister Peter Dutton has announced that Australia will buy the KONGSBERG Naval Strike Missile (NSM) to equip the Royal Australian Navy’s surface combatants, and the Lockheed Martin JASSM-ER for…

Defence Minister Peter Dutton will today announce that Lockheed Martin Australia and Raytheon Australia have been nominated as strategic partners to the Commonwealth for the delivery of the Sovereign Guided…

MAJGEN Tony Fraser (Ret’d) has resigned as Deputy Secretary of the Australian Defence Force’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG). With the ADF leadership team – Secretary, Chief of Defence…

Updated 4 April with General Atomics’ statement. The Royal Australian Air Force’s Project AIR 7003 medium altitude long endurance armed UAS has been cancelled according to a senior Department of…

Canada has announced its has selected the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II to fulfil its Future Fighter Capability requirement to replace the McDonnel Douglas CF-18A/B Hornet in service. The 28…

Germany has confirmed it will buy more Eurofighter EF2000s to replace its Panavia Tornado ECR electronic warfare aircraft, and up to 35 Lockheed Martin F-35As to replace the Tornado IDS…

The first of six Austal Evolved Cape class Patrol Boats (ECCPB) has been handed over to the Royal Australian Navy at a ceremony at Henderson in WA. The vessel –…

The government has announced that $244 million will be spent on an upgrade of Royal Australian Air Force Base Curtin bare base, 35km south south-east of Derby in the remote…

Additional reporting by Max Blenkin: Defence Minister Peter Dutton has formally launched the Australian Defence Force’s Defence Space Command. Speaking at the 2022 Air and Space Conference in Canberra on…