Australian manufacturing company Cablex has signed an agreement with Rheinmetall Defence Australia to provide power distribution boxes for more than 400 Boxer 8×8 Infantry Fighting Vehicle for the German Bundeswehr.…
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Minister for Defence Industry, Christopher Pyne opened a new Marand Precision Engineering F-35A tail manufacturing facility in Melbourne on January 24. The Moorabbin facility, which was partly funded through a…
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UPDATED 29/01/18 with new photos: An apparent engine failure has seen an RAAF EA-18G Growler catch fire after an aborted takeoff from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada on Saturday morning…
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Lockheed Martin Australia has welcomed the signing with the Commonwealth of a $700 million contract for the design, build and integration of the Future Submarine combat system. The signing follows…
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Thales Australia launched the MR6 version of its proven Bushmaster protected vehicle at the International Armoured Vehicles 2018 in London on January 22. The MR6 is a development of the…
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Brisbane-based NIOA has been awarded a $100 million contract to provide 155mm ammunition for the Australian Army’s M777A2 Lightweight Towed Howitzer guns. The Rheinmetall ASSEGAI 155mm projectiles will be supplied…
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The Royal Australian Air Force’s air combat element of the Air Task Group (ATG) deployed to support the effort to defeat ISIS, returned home to Amberley on January 24. The…
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The Royal Australian Air Force has commenced training on its new CAE-built Hawk 127 simulators at RAAF Bases Pearce and Williamtown. The new devices were delivered as an element of…
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The Royal Australian Air Force will deploy four EA-18G Growlers from the Amberley-based 6SQN to Red Flag 18-1 at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, the first overseas exercise deployment for…
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Industrial gearing services company, David Brown Santasalo has joined BAE Systems’ team for the Royal Australian Navy’s SEA5000 Future Frigate requirement. The company is a leader in mechanical power transmissions…
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The Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) has commenced a study to acquire a new heavy air-to-air refuelling tanker to augment its growing fleet of air combat aircraft. A report in Jane’s…
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Supacat Asia Pacific has announced it has exported a fleet of Special Operations Vehicles – Mobility Heavy (SOV-MH) vehicles to New Zealand and that these have been accepted into service…
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The multi-national European Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR) has renewed its in service support (ISS) with Eurosam to support French, Italian and British missile systems. The new five-year agreement…
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Six Boeing B-52H Stratofortresses and 300 support personnel from Barksdale AFB in Louisiana have been deployed to Anderson AFB on Guam, marking only the second time the USAF has all…
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The first group of students has commenced training on the ADF’s new training helicopter, the H135, at the HMAS Albatross-based Joint Helicopter Aircrew Training School (JHATS). The JHATS, run by…
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The French Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) has awarded a contract to Airbus and the Naval Group to develop a new maritime tactical unmanned helicopter demonstrator. The contract will initially…
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Boeing has revealed a scale Mach 5-plus concept demonstrator that could lead to a future full-scale hypersonic strike and reconnaissance capability. Planned to ultimately be about the same size as…
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Boeing celebrated the 20th anniversary of the establishment of its Australian defence business headquarters in Brisbane on January 12. In that time, Boeing Defence Australia has grown to more than…
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Boeing has shown an autonomous drone designed to carry cargo and bulk shipments with its unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle (CAV) prototype. Built in three months, the prototype…
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Babcock has been awarded a $33 million seven-year Asset Capability Management contract to support the ADF’s fleet of aviation ground support equipment (GSE). Under the agreement, Babcock will partner with…