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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…
Australian Defence Business Review’s top story
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…
Radar Intelligence in the Falklands War
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…
Boeing has announced it has successfully demonstrated an ability to provide ground-based anti-jam satellite communications capabilities through a rapid prototyping program. The company says that, by integrating its Protected Tactical…
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…
Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price has officially opened Saab Australia’s Deployable Health Capability Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Melbourne. Saab says the CoE will house experts across bio-medical engineering, major…
Germany has confirmed it will buy more Eurofighter EF2000s to replace its Panavia Tornado ECR electronic warfare aircraft, and up to 35 Lockheed Martin F-35As to replace the Tornado IDS…
The first of six Austal Evolved Cape class Patrol Boats (ECCPB) has been handed over to the Royal Australian Navy at a ceremony at Henderson in WA. The vessel –…
The government has announced that $244 million will be spent on an upgrade of Royal Australian Air Force Base Curtin bare base, 35km south south-east of Derby in the remote…
Additional reporting by Max Blenkin: Defence Minister Peter Dutton has formally launched the Australian Defence Force’s Defence Space Command. Speaking at the 2022 Air and Space Conference in Canberra on…
The government has announced it will invest $4.3 billion in the development of modern construction and sustainment facilities for large vessels at Henderson near Fremantle in WA. The 15 March…
The Boeing Airpower Teaming System (ATS) uncrewed combat aircraft being developed for the Royal Australian Air Force’s Project DEF 6114 Loyal Wingman program has officially been given the designation and…
Brisbane-based Black Sky Aerospace has successfully conducted initial integration of guidance and control on an Australian-designed missile. The missile – which Black Sky describes as being the same size as…
The US Defense Department has chosen Melbourne company Sentient Vision Systems for a Foreign Comparative Technology (FCT) evaluation of its ViDAR Maritime surveillance system for possible use by the US…