Kongsberg Defence Australia (KDA) has signed a five-year agreement with prime contractor Raytheon Australia to provide sustainment services for the Australian Army’s Project LAND 19 Phase 7B Short-Range Ground-Based Air…

The Commonwealth government has announced that it will acquire the Lockheed Martin M142 HIMARS long-range artillery system, and that it has signed a contract with KONGSBERG to acquire the Naval…

The US Air Force has announced it conducted a successful test of an all-up-round AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) off the coast of California on 9 December. The test…

The Royal New Zealand Air force has taken delivery of its first of four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. The delivery was conducted in a small ceremony at the…

The US Army has announced its selection of the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft for its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) requirement. The V-280 was selected ahead of a…

A teaming of Raytheon Missiles & Defense, and Northrop Grumman has been awarded a US$985m (A$1.5bn) contract to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) for the US Air Force.…

CEA Technologies has been selected to build four new air defence radar arrays for the Phase 1 Joint Air Battle Management System (JABMS) element of the ADF’s Project AIR 6500…

By Dougal Robertson and Chris McInnes If the Defence Minister wants “greater projection, greater lethality, [and] greater ability to engage in area denial” the fastest way to get there is…

HENSOLDT Australia has unveiled a new mount for the University of Tasmania’s 50cm optical telescope located at Greenhill Observatory in Hobart. Provided by HENSOLDT Australia as part of the company’s…

The first production-representative ALQ-249(v)1 Next Generation Jammer-Mid Band (NGJ-MB) electronic warfare pods were delivered by Raytheon Technologies to the US Navy in early July. With two pods per shipset, the…

The US Navy has announced it has successfully conducted a number of manned-unmanned teaming test with a new Block III F/A-18F Super Hornet. A 15 July NAVAIR release says the…

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has advised that the US State Department has approved the possible foreign military sale (FMS) of the Lockheed Martin AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff…

Canada’s Matériel de défense – SMA (Defence Materiel) administration announced on July 14 that it has acquired two Airbus A330s from AirFinance Corporation for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF)…

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Richard Marles has announced who will be the next chiefs of the Australian Defence Force and its three services. At the request of the…

The US Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstration (BAMS-D) program has been finalised after being deployed to the Persian Gulf region for more than 13 years. Originally deployed to Al…

Air Defence in Focus: BAD BEHAVIOUR

Lockheed Martin Australia has announced it has added Australian space service provider, Inovor Technologies to its bid team for the Australian Defence Force’s Project JP 9102 sovereign SATCOM requirement. A…

The United States Air Force has awarded contracts to three companies to continue the development of its planned air-to-ground stand-in attack weapon (SIAW). The announcement follow an RFI which was…

The US Air Force’s 65th Aggressor Squadron (AGRS) has been re-established at Nellis AFB near Las Vegas, equipped with Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters. Wearing a splintered two-tone grey…

Kongsberg Defence Australia has announced that the first shipment of NASAMS Mk 2 Canister Launchers from KONGSBERG were recently delivered to Raytheon Australia’s Centre for Joint Integration (CJI) in Adelaide.…