Saab Australia has announced it will expand its capabilities in Australia with a move to a new national headquarters facility in Adelaide. Scheduled to commence construction this year, the new…

UPDATED 9 MARCH WITH ADDITIONAL COMMENTS US-based Anduril Industries has announced it has established a local entity – Anduril Australia – to grow its local design, development, engineering, and manufacturing…

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that a new submarine base will be established on Australia’s east coast to support the Royal Australian Navy’s planned nuclear powered attack submarines. The…

The European Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) has awarded Airbus a contract to develop the Tiger MkIII attack helicopter upgrade for France and Spain. The award covers the development,…

Eight Australian-owned space and defence companies have announced a teaming arrangement to form the Australian Defence Industry Space Capability Alliance (ADISCA). The ADISCA collaboration was announced on the sidelines of…

Babcock has been awarded a seven-and-a-half-year contract by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) to continue its Maritime Fleet Sustainment Service arrangement. The renewal will see Babcock continue as the…

Hanwha has announced it has established a joint user community for the growing list of customers of its K9 Self-Propelled Howitzer (SPH). Following confirmed orders from Australia last December and…

The Commonwealth has announced that BAE Systems Australia will perform an upgrade for the Royal Australian Air Force’s fleet of 33 BAE Systems Hawk 127 lead-in fighter trainer (LIFT) aircraft.…

The Commonwealth has released the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2021–22 for Defence, and they show drops in flying hours forecast for most of the ADF’s aviation fleet for the rest…

Hanwha Defense has announced it will source steel from Australian company Bisalloy Steels, with the two companies signing an MoU on 7 February for Bisalloy to supply steel as an…

The governments of Indonesia and France have signed a contract for the sale of 42 Dassault Rafale fighters to the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU). The contract was signed in Jakarta…

The Joint Strike Fighter Program Office (JPO) has announced the first units of the F-35 Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN) logistics information system has successfully entered service. The initial rollout…

Lockheed Martin Australia has announced that the Project AIR 5428 Phase 1 Pilot Training System (PTS), for which it is prime contractor, has achieved final acceptance by the Commonwealth. Located…

CAE Australia has signed a teaming agreement with Nova Systems to join its Team AUStringer bid for the Royal Australian Air Force’s Project AIR 5428 Phase 3 Future Aviation Mission…

Hensoldt Australia has announced it has established an office at the Newcastle Airport aviation precinct adjacent to RAAF Base Williamtown. The new office will have two permanent Hensoldt Australia employees…

Regional advances in underwater autonomous devices Back in 1957, Britain’s Defence White Paper saw a future in which the supremacy of guided missile systems meant the era of the manned…

The Royal Australian Air Force’s 81 Wing based at RAAF Williamtown has accepted the first BLU-111(AUS)B/B bomb units to be manufactured in Australia by Australian Munitions, a business unit of…

The first Royal Australian Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules to be upgraded to the latest Block 8.1 standard returned to its home base at RAAF Richmond in December. The…

The first of four Regional Maintenance Centres for the sustainment of Royal Australian Navy vessels was opened in Cairns by Defence Minister Peter Dutton and local member for Leichhardt, Warren…

High speed threats and opportunities Accompanying the Australian Government’s September announcement about acquiring nuclear submarines were a number of mostly unnoticed statements about investing in new capabilities, among them and…