Australian Defence Business Review features
L3 Technologies has established international boards of directors in three of its key regional focus markets. The new boards will support L3’s military and commercial businesses in Australia, Canada and…
Australian Defence Business Review features
L3 Technologies has established international boards of directors in three of its key regional focus markets. The new boards will support L3’s military and commercial businesses in Australia, Canada and…
Two crews comprising wounded Australian and British defence personnel successfully completed the 2017 Sydney to Hobart yacht race on the evening of December 29. Each crew comprised 16 former ADF…
By Max Blenkin In a community where more and more factories were shutting up shop, the auto business was in terminal decline and unemployment was soaring, legislators desperately sought to…
Defence Minister Marise Payne has confirmed the Government has agreed to sell 18 RAAF F/A-18A/B ‘classic Hornets to Canada. The Minister’s announcement comes after Canadian officials overnight confirmed they would…
Over the years Australia has purchased kit from a diverse range of countries but never Turkey. That could change with Turkish firm Roketsan making a very serious pitch to sell…
Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne has released a new Australian Military Sales Catalogue as the first step in formulating a brand new Defence Exports Policy, hot on the heels of…
The assessment of Australia’s progress in adopting unmanned systems for military purposes was blunt. “We are probably about eight to 10 years behind where we need to be, certainly in…
When we talk about seeking to acquire the ‘best’ capability, how much risk is too much risk? The ADF’s E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control platform, for instance, is…
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has turned to Christopher Pyne to deliver the defence industry plank of the re-elected Coalition government’s economic plan that is intended to drive growth in advanced…
The government has emphasised its strong support for the Australian defence industry as playing a key role in its “plan for jobs and growth” that, along with changes to the…
The launch of the Defence White Paper saw Malcolm Turnbull presenting a plan to spend about $195 billion on military capability, with the Prime Minister keen to highlight the expected…
The Pacific International Maritime Exposition 2015 has attracted an unprecedented number of international naval delegations. No fewer than 58 foreign naval missions, from 47 countries, have signalled their intention to…
The next time Defence Minister Andrews gets up to speak about the government’s deliverables around the forthcoming Defence White Paper, he will be sporting a brand new lexicon. No longer…
The Royal Australian Navy officially welcomed the first of two new Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) vessels into its ranks on November 28, with the commissioning of HMAS Canberra at the…