A teaming of Raytheon Missiles & Defense, and Northrop Grumman has been awarded a US$985m (A$1.5bn) contract to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) for the US Air Force.…
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Times are tough and money is tight. “The pursuit of value for money [is] imperative” for the Government and the Defence Strategic Review led by Professor Stephen Smith and Sir…
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At the start of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine it was widely expected the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) would commence a systematic demolition of Ukrainian air defence, command and…
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HENSOLDT Australia has unveiled a new mount for the University of Tasmania’s 50cm optical telescope located at Greenhill Observatory in Hobart. Provided by HENSOLDT Australia as part of the company’s…
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Australia should expand its air force as an immediate response to deteriorating circumstances. The Air Force’s air power offers the fastest and most flexible way to secure vital access to air and sea lanes, and give Australia options, in peace and war. Air power is on the beat right now providing constabulary support to that access through the rules-based order. Beijing’s responses show it is working.
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A record number of Defence businesses and international naval delegations will participate in the Indo Pacific 2022 International Maritime Exposition in Sydney this week More than 700 businesses and military…
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Lessons from the bombing of Darwin 80 years ago The attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 has been re-lived through every medium, from the humble written word to…
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The Defence and national security community has been saddened to hear of the passing on 12 February of Professor Brendan Sargeant, a former Defence Department Associate Secretary and the Head…
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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…
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It is safe to say that most operators prefer not to be anywhere near Canberra in a staff role. They prefer the comfort of the tactical environment which they master,…
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Europe’s two next-generation fighter programs are gathering speed. What might their radar, EW, and communications architectures look like? Europe is currently home to three combat aircraft programs – Dassault’s Rafale,…
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The Commonwealth has signed a $1 billion deal with Korean manufacturer Hanwha for the Project LAND 8116 Phase 1 protected mobile fires requirement for the Australian Army. Signed in the…
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The RAAF retires the F/A-18A/B classic Hornet In the first week of December, the RAAF will retire the last of its McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A/B Hornets after more than 36 years…
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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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This article appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of ADBR. Machine learning, next-gen jammers to keep the EA-18G at the forefront of electronic attack At just US$7 million, the US Department…
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Human Advantage within the Integrated Air Defence System Much like the assertions made about the employment of modern combat aircraft, the ability for an Integrated Air Defence System (IADS) to…
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Australia studies active protection systems for its major fighting vehicles The videos are almost formulaic; a team of militants set up the missile launcher, takes aim through the sights, and…
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China’s largest military trade show was held at Zhuhai near Macau from September 28 to October 3. As expected, the event – which had been pushed back from November 2020…
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The US Department of Defense has awarded follow-on contracts to three US companies as part of the development of the joint US-Australian Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment (SCIFiRE) hypersonic…
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The ADF has deployed two Royal Australian Navy vessels for its biennial Indo-Pacific regional engagement activity. HMA Ships Canberra and ANZAC departed Darwin as IPE21 Task Group on August 27…