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Mar 31 2020

ANZUS hospital ships for HADR

2020 so far has been a hard year for Australia, firstly the massive bushfires around the country and now the Coronavirus pandemic causing th...
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Leveraging GSC contracts in the age of interoperability
In the wake of Queensland’s Laserdyne winning a multimillion-dollar contract w...
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Balancing expeditionary capabilities with countering great power rivalry
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Maritime and Undersea Warfare

Mar 30 2020
NUSHIP Sydney arrives at Garden Island
The Royal Australian Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer, NUSHIP Sydney has officially arrive...
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Mar 30 2020
HMAS Farncomb returns to Fleet Base West after east coast deployment
HMAS Farncomb returned to her homeport of Fleet Base West earlier this month, after a five-week ...
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Mar 27 2020
Construction kicks off in WA for first Arafura Class OPV
Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price has confirmed a major milestone in the delivery of the Royal...
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Strike & Air Combat

Mar 27 2020
RAAF, industry celebrate a decade of Super Hornet
The Royal Australian Air Force and Australia’s defence industry have come together to celebrate a...
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Mar 26 2020
A case of rose-coloured glasses? Looking back the F-111 and Australia’s ‘strategic strike’ workhorse
The F-111 is viewed as one of the nation’s most effective tactical and strategic force multipliers...
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Mar 25 2020
Australian industry first to support fifth-gen F-35 program
In a major milestone for Australia’s defence industry, the Rheinmetall NIOA joint venture will pla...
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Opinion

ASPI: ADF move towards Australia’s north, a risk worth taking?
As part of the ‘North of 26° south’ series from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s The Strategist, Graeme Dunk has questioned the hypothesis o...
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Why shouldn’t Australia have a say in the Indo-Pacific’s 21st century rules?
The Lowy Institute’s Sam Roggeveen has declared that “Asia needs a new order for the post-American era, and it cannot be a liberal one”. In light of this...
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In the decade to 2020, the Australian government has earmarked more than $150 billion in spending on new defence capabilities. Around 80 pe... read more
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Land & Amphibious

Mar 31 2020
Balancing expeditionary capabilities with countering great power rivalry
As part of Marine Commandant General David Berger’s ongoing modernisation and restructure of the U...
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Mar 30 2020
US Marine Corps rebalances force to counter great power competition
US Marine Corps has released the ‘Force Design 2030’ review report outlining a major restructure...
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Mar 31 2020
Defence and industry work to deliver life-saving technology to Afghanistan
Defence, in collaboration with Australian industry, will manufacture and deliver more than 15,000 li...
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Intel & Cyber

Mar 25 2020
A new beginning? Next-gen USVs and the future of naval combat
The recent COVID-19 outbreak highlights the growing importance of food and fuel security to the Australian national interest. With much of t...
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Mar 21 2020
DARPA moves forward with photonic signalling project
The Pentagon’s DARPA has made a significant step forward in its Photonics in the Package for Extreme Scalability program, selecting teams ...
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Mar 13 2020
Defence encourages women to get into cyber
Following recent International Women’s Day celebrations, Defence has organised a day for women across Defence to participate in cyber-cent...
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Key Enablers

Mar 31 2020
ANZUS hospital ships for HADR
2020 so far has been a hard year for Australia, firstly the massive bushfires around the country and now the Coronavirus pandemic causing th...
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Mar 31 2020
Leveraging GSC contracts in the age of interoperability
In the wake of Queensland’s Laserdyne winning a multimillion-dollar contract with Thales Netherlands through the global supply chain (GSC)...
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Mar 31 2020
Two-year extension to Serco’s ADF Health Services contract
Defence has announced they will continue their long-standing partnership with Serco by exercising a two-year extension of the Medical and D...
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Feb 24 2020
TAFE SA, Groupe FIVA collaboration to focus on skills needs
TAFE SA has signed a memorandum of understanding with French engineering services company Groupe FIV...
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Jul 12 2019
Australian War Memorial commissions first female Aboriginal official war artist
The Australian War Memorial has commissioned a body of work by artist Megan Cope, making her the Mem...
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Navy helicopter crew helps to sustain wildlife after bushfires
Navy personnel have conducted a series of fodder drops to support animals without a food source in a...
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Competitors announced to prototype US next-gen attack helicopter
On 25 March, the US Army announced that two defence contractors have been selected to design and te...
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USS Gerald R Ford Achieves 1,000th aircraft arrest, launch
An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to “Blue Blasters” of the USAF Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 3...
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Finalists shortlisted for Army's LAND 129 Phase 3 program revealed
The Department of Defence has confirmed that the replacement of the Army’s Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) through proje...
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Lockheed Martin CEO steps down for new era of global leadership
Lockheed Martin’s long-time global chief executive Marillyn Hewson has stepped down, with the board electing James Taiclet as her replac...
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Mar 31 2020
ANZUS hospital ships for HADR
2020 so far has been a hard year for Australia, firstly the massive bushfires around the country and now the Coronavirus pandemic causing th...
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Leveraging GSC contracts in the age of interoperability
In the wake of Queensland’s Laserdyne winning a multimillion-dollar contract with Thales Netherlands through the global supply chain (GSC)...
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Balancing expeditionary capabilities with countering great power rivalry
As part of Marine Commandant General David Berger’s ongoing modernisation and restructure of the US Marine Corps, ‘Force Design 2030’ ...
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