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The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has found major shortcomings in how the Australian Defence Force performs security vetting of the large number of firms with which it does business.…

The RAAF is more than halfway through the delivery of its planned fleet of 72 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters. Selected in 2002 to replace the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A/B Hornet and…

Kongsberg Australia has announced that the first two Fire Distribution Centres (FDC) for the Australian Army’s Project LAND 19 Phase 7B NASAMS short-range ground-based air defence (SRGBAD) system have successfully…

The Royal Australian Navy’s west coast oiler, HMAS Sirius, departed Fremantle on August 31 for its final operational deployment. Living up to her motto of “Serve and Provide”, Sirius’s deployment…

The US Department of Defense has awarded follow-on contracts to three US companies as part of the development of the joint US-Australian Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment (SCIFiRE) hypersonic…