The government has delivered on its promise to take defence spending to two per cent of gross domestic product, with Defence to receive more than $41.7 billion in 2020-21, rising…
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The Australian Army’s 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment has commenced its first training course on its new Rheinmetall Boxer 8×8 combat reconnaissance vehicles (CRV) at Enoggera and at the Wide Bay…
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The Australian Army will reportedly ask industry to provide an Army interim helicopter capability (AIHC) to complement the MRH 90 Taipans of the Townsville-based 5 Aviation Regiment (5Avn). Under a…
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Saab Australia has signed a $370 million contract with the Commonwealth to provide the Joint Project (JP) 2060 Phase 3 Deployable Health Capability (DHC). The project seeks to acquire three…
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The RAAF’s C-27J Spartan battlefield airlifter capability has recently been put to the test in an exercise as it seeks to recover from a period of low aircraft availability and…
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With Australia, Japan, and other nations in the Indo-Pacific region increasingly being drawn together to counter Chinese territorial aspirations, ADBR’s OSINT series of analysing the various regional orders of battle in play continues. In this issue, we look at the Japan Air Self Defense Force
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Indo-Pacific news The government of Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is expected to seek a further increase in the US ally’s defence budget, continuing the trend of setting new…
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Indo-Pacific News A Chinese television station doing a news piece on the Ulan-Ude helicopter factory in Russia has shown a low-visibility grey Mi-171Sh combat assault helicopter in People’s Liberation Army…
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The AMDA Foundation has confirmed the 2022 International Maritime Exposition for the Indo Asia Pacific Region, or INDO-PACIFIC 2022, will be held from Tuesday May 10 to Thursday May 12,…
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The time is right to review the integration of defence industry with ADF capability
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The Commonwealth has released a request for information (RFI) for the Project AIR 5428 Phase 3 Air Mission Training System (AMTS). The AMTS will be located at the Air Academy…
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Hungary has become the first customer for the new Rheinmetall Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) after it signed a deal valued at more than €2bn ($A3.25bn) for 218 Lynx…
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Indo-Pacific news The border stand-off between China and India heated up again in early September, with the nuclear powers accusing each other of firing warning shots. Following tensions between border…
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The Jul-Aug 2020 issue of ADBR is now live on our website, while hard copies should be in the mail this week. This feature-packed issue covers a number of interesting…
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Production of the US Army’s Airbus UH-72A Lakota fleet of light utility helicopters – based on the civil EC145 – will switch to the newer UH-72B model from 2021. The…
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Insitu Pacific has announced it has signed a teaming agreement with Nova Systems for its bid for the Australian Army’s Project LAND 129 Phase 3 tactical UAS requirement. An August…
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Defence has confirmed that Singapore will be increasing its Boeing CH-47 Chinook training footprint in Australia
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The ADF has graduated its first pilot’s course – No 258 Advanced Pilots Course – on the Pilatus PC-21 from 2 Flying Training School (2FTS) at RAAF Base Pearce. Acquired…
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The Commonwealth has released a sole-source Request for Tender to Hanwha Defence Australia (HDA) for the provision of 30 K9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzers (SPH) and 15 K10 armoured ammunition resupply…
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Following nearly a decade of testing and development, Defence Minister Senator Linda Reynolds and Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price have announced that the Thales Hawkei protected mobility vehicle (PMV) has…