Insitu Pacific has been awarded a three-year extension to its sustainment contract of the Royal Australian Navy’s ScanEagle UAS capability. The extension will cover the continuation of the RAN’s UAS…
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The Australian Army has established a new Army Aviation Command in an effort to better align with and support land and amphibious forces, and special forces operations. The new command…
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The lead up to Australia’s decision to change course on its submarine program Across Australia there was a collective gasp as the Prime Minister announced that Australia’s new submarines –…
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The Sept-Dec 2021 issue of ADBR is chock-full of great content, with an emphasis on Airpower which would have aligned with the Avalon Airshow which was cancelled earlier this year.…
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Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) has announced it has signed a $60 million agreement with the Commonwealth to provide deeper maintenance to the Royal Australian Air Force’s Boeing P-8A Poseidon fleet…
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The UK has lost its first F-35B Lightning fighter after a failed launch from the carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth in the Levantine Sea area of the eastern Mediterranean. The carrier…
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CAE Australia and Cobham Aviation Services have signed a teaming agreement to establish Team AUStringer to bid for the ADF’s Project AIR 5428 Phase 3 Aviation Mission Training System (AMTS)…
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The Royal Australian Navy commissioned HMAS Stalwart – the second of two Supply class auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) vessels – into service on November 13. To be based at Fleet…
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The Royal Australian Navy officer overseeing the planned Collins submarines Life-Of-Type Extension (LOTE) program says hull fatigue studies had found the Collins boats could achieve the extended operational life needed…
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The Airbus-led Team Maier has announced that indigenous IT and technology services provider Willyama Services has joined its bid team for the Australian Defence Force’s JP 9102 military SATCOM requirement.…
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Building on a mixed heritage of naval support. Australia has a long association with ships named Supply, starting with a 24-metre Royal Navy tender which accompanied the First Fleet to…
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Defence has released a tender to industry for a Capability Life Cycle Manager for the Royal Australian Navy’s three Hobart class destroyers. An October 25 release says the successful tender…
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October 26 marked the 20th anniversary of the announcement of Lockheed Martin as the winner of the multi-national Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Lockheed Martin had bid its X-35 concept…
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RAN major surface combat vessels hit key capability milestones The RAN’s three Hobart class destroyers have formally been declared as having achieved their Final Operational Capability (FOC). The three vessels,…
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Norway has become the second country to order the KONGSBERG Joint Strike Missile (JSM) for employment from its Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters. The order comes after a successful partnership between…
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The US Navy recently completed a rotational deployment of two Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton US to Japan. The two aircraft – which are currently based at Anderson AFB on Guam…
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Australia deepens Defence agreements with US and UK, and outlines plan to buy nuclear-powered submarines. By Andrew McLaughlin & Max Blenkin The Australian, US, and UK governments have jointly announced…
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Precision weapons give the next-gen F-35 its sting When Australia’s F-35 Lightning aircraft enter operational service, they will be equipped with a range of highly capable weapons, enabling the aircraft…
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The Lockheed Martin Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program achieved a milestone in an October 13 test firing at Vandenburg AFB in California, when it exceeded the 499km range limitation set…