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The federal government has committed $50 million to a joint defence research commercialisation initiative by the University of Adelaide and University of NSW to build a new trust-based cross-sector culture…
Policy news
The federal government has committed $50 million to a joint defence research commercialisation initiative by the University of Adelaide and University of NSW to build a new trust-based cross-sector culture…
The donation of Australian defence Force equipment to the government of Ukraine has been expanded, with the provision of six M777 lightweight towed howitzers and 155mm ammunition. Four of the…
The US Air Force has confirmed it will acquire an unspecified number of E-7 Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft to replace some of its ageing E-3 Sentry AWACS fleet. In an April…
RUAG Australia has announced it has been granted authority to proceed (ATP) to establish a regional F-35 wheels and brakes maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) capability by the US JSF…
The US has said it will no longer conduct destructive anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons testing in space, and has called for discussions between nations with space capabilities with a goal of…
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that the Royal Australian Navy will order an additional two Evolved Cape class patrol boats (ECCPB). The announcement – made during an election campaign…
The New Zealand government has announced the deployment of a Royal New Zealand Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules transport and 50 support personnel to Europe for at least two months…
Partners HENSOLDT and the University of Tasmania through their Southern Guardian Partnership participated in April’s SpaceFest activity where participants demonstrated their ability to detect, track, and catalogue objects orbiting Earth.…
Maintenance technicians from the US Navy and Royal Australian Air Force recently completed a six-week training event on the AN/ALQ-249(V)1 next generation jammer – mid band (NGJ-MB) that is being…
The UK government has announced it will order 100 more Rheinmetall Boxer 8×8 armoured vehicles to add to the 523 already on order for the British Army. The UK joined…
HENSOLDT Australia has announced that its training team has achieved a key milestone on the Project AIR 5431 Phase 2 Air Traffic Management and Control System Facilities program, with the…
The first of 20 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles (PMV) to be donated by Australia to the government of Ukraine have departed Amberley aboard a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster…
The leaders of the AUKUS alliance have reaffirmed their commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and have added a number of new shared capabilities to the August 2021…
Defence Minister Peter Dutton has announced that Australia will buy the KONGSBERG Naval Strike Missile (NSM) to equip the Royal Australian Navy’s surface combatants, and the Lockheed Martin JASSM-ER for…
Defence Minister Peter Dutton will today announce that Lockheed Martin Australia and Raytheon Australia have been nominated as strategic partners to the Commonwealth for the delivery of the Sovereign Guided…
Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price has announced an $81.4 million funding boost for the Defence Sovereign Industrial Capability Program (SCIP) to provide grants to industry for the next three years.…
MAJGEN Tony Fraser (Ret’d) has resigned as Deputy Secretary of the Australian Defence Force’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG). With the ADF leadership team – Secretary, Chief of Defence…
Updated 4 April with General Atomics’ statement. The Royal Australian Air Force’s Project AIR 7003 medium altitude long endurance armed UAS has been cancelled according to a senior Department of…
Australia’s capability to conduct offensive and defensive cyber operations will vastly increase with a near $10 billion increase in funding to the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) over the next decade.…
Canada has announced its has selected the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II to fulfil its Future Fighter Capability requirement to replace the McDonnel Douglas CF-18A/B Hornet in service. The 28…