Navy’s eight Anzac frigates have come a long way over the past two decades.
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The organisers of the biennial PACIFIC International Maritime Exposition have announced that the show originally scheduled for August 2021 has been deferred to 2022. To be renamed INDO-PACIFIC International Maritime…
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Boeing has announced that it will team with Birmingham-based STS Aviation Services to conduct the conversion work on the five 737 Wedgetail AEW&C Mk1 aircraft on order for the UK’s…
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After decades of discussions and proposals, the USAF has issued a request for proposals to three US-based engine manufacturers for more than 600 new engines to re-engine its fleet of…
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Lockheed Martin has announced it expects to deliver between 18 and 24 fewer F-35s than the planned 141 jets in 2020 due to suppliers having to adjust to temporary closures…
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The Australian Department of Defence has signed a strategic agreement with Gold Coast-based Gilmour Space to collaborate on the development of new space technologies for satellite launch vehicles. Under the…
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US President Donald Trump has told US television that he plans to relocate all off-shore manufacturing work for the multi-national Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program back to the US. The…
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Boeing has released a brief 34 second teaser video on Twitter of the first F/A-18F Block III Super Hornet being rolled out of its production facility in St Louis. The…
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UPDATED with Avalon postponement. AMDA Foundation Limited has announced that LAND FORCES 2020 has been postponed to take place from June 1-3, 2021, and that the 2021 Australian International Airshow…
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The two mega-block hull components of the first of 12 Arafura class offshore patrol vessels for the RAN have been joined at the Osborne shipyard in Adelaide. The move to…
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The first of three Loyal Wingman unmanned combat aircraft for the RAAF has been rolled out by Boeing Australia and its industry partners. The aircraft, which at 37 feet long…
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The Commonwealth has announced it will acquire six more Cape class patrol boats from Austal for the RAN as it seeks to support Australian industry during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis.…
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The US Navy has awarded a US$795m (A$1.23bn) design and construction contract to Fincantieri to build a design based on its FREMM frigate to fulfil its future frigate (FFG(X)) requirement.…
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Queensland-based TAE Aerospace celebrated 20 years as an Australian aerospace company on April 30. Originally an offshoot of Air New Zealand, the Australian company started its operations locally as a…
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Following the national lock-down and social-distancing rules implemented because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Commonwealth has moved to take its Project LAND 400 Phase 3 Australian Industry Capability (AIC) ‘roadshow’…
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Growing power tension in the Indo-Pacific region mean the time has come for Australia to consider broadening its security partnerships, with Japan at the forefront.
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Leidos Australia has confirmed it has teamed with Israel’s Aeronautics Ltd to offer the Aeronautics Orbiter 4 unmanned aerial system as part of its Project LAND 129 Phase 3 bid…
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The merger of Raytheon Company and United Technologies was completed on April 3, with the new Raytheon Technologies emerging as one of the largest aerospace and defence companies in the…
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The first production-representative MQ-9B SkyGuardian has been rolled out of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc’s (GA-ASI) facility in California. The aircraft has been configured in the Protector RG Mk1 configuration…
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Defence’s Project REDWING electronic warfare program has awarded a contract for 15,000 more SILVERSHIELD counter remote control improvised explosive device (RCIED) kits for the Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces…