The Australian Defence Force has deployed 250 personnel and at least five aircraft to its main operating base in the UAE to support the withdrawal of Australian and allied nationals,…
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Canberra-based cyber security company, Penten has announced a major injection of capital through the acceptance of Five V Capital as an equity partner. Penten says Five V Capital is an…
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Airbus has announced that Sydney-based UGL will join its Team Maier bid for the ADF’s Project JP9102 sovereign satellite communications (SATCOM) requirement. An Airbus release says Team Maier is seeking…
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Rheinmetall Defence Australia has announced it has been shortlisted for the Australian Army’s Project LAND 125 Phase 4 integrated soldier system program, The company’s confirmation comes after rivals Elbit Systems…
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The Australian Defence Force will partner with the US on the development of that country’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program. Being developed by Lockheed Martin and with a designed range…
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The Royal Australian Navy’s three Hobart class destroyers have formally achieved their final operational capability (FOC). The three vessels, HMA Ships Hobart, Brisbane, and Sydney achieved the milestone following the…
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The Royal Australian Navy’s new auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) vessel, HMAS Supply (II) has successfully conducted its first replenishment at sea (RAS) of another ship. Conducted in the east coast…
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The US Navy has embarked a squadron of Lockheed Martin F-35Cs on the USS Carl Vinson for the type’s first carrier deployment. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) departed…
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The Royal Australian Navy’s Project SEA 1448 Phase 4B to upgrade the air search radar capability of the ANZAC class frigate fleet has achieved an initial operational capability (IOC). Described…
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Babcock Australasia and the University of South Australia (UniSA) have signed An MoU to develop new technologies for the Australian Army’s Project LAND 125 Phase 4 Integrated Soldier System (ISS).…
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The US State Department has approved the possible sale of 40 BAE Systems M109A6 Paladin 155mm self-propelled howitzers to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States…
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AMDA Foundation has announced the cancellation of the 2021 Australian International Airshow at Avalon. In an August 10 release, AMDA Foundation CEO Ian Honnery said the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic had…
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Serco Australia has released imagery and video of sub-scale tank tests of its proposed landing craft for the Australian Army’s Project LAND 8710 Phase 1 requirement. Conducted at the Australian…
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The government has announced it has selected Lockheed Martin Australia and Northrop Grumman Australia to proceed to the final stage of the competitive evaluation process for the ADF’s Project AIR…
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The latest configuration of the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton made its first flight on July 30. Dubbed Integrated Functional Capability (IFC)-4, the configuration includes for the first time the system’s…
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We have people, we have machines. What’s missing? Australia’s defence discussion has an ideas gap that leaves it vulnerable in the face of new challenges. Planned investments in equipment and…
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The RAN’s final Hobart class destroyer, HMAS Sydney (V) has returned from an 18-week deployment to the US west coast and Canada where it successfully verified and qualified its weapons…
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Australian Defence companies Electro Optic Systems (EOS) and Nova Systems have formed the Sovereign Missile Alliance (SMA), saying it could deliver Australian-made precision munitions within five years. The SMA says…
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The Commonwealth has announced a new project has been established to explore options for the acquisition of a ground-based Space Electronic Warfare capability. The establishment of Defence Project (DEF?) 9358…
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Defence has released an advanced notification to industry of an impending request for information (RFI) for the Australian Army’s Project LAND 129 Phase 4B small unmanned aerial system (SUAS) requirement.…