Naval aviation trials on track

The Royal Australian Navy’s Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Trials Unit (AMAFTU) has a busy 2017 planned, with seven first of class flight trials scheduled before ...

AIR • Mon, 16 Jan 2017

JSF sets targets for first quarter

The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is set for another busy year of hitting milestones and preparing for its arrival to Australia in 2018. Here is a list of targets the ...

AIR • Sun, 15 Jan 2017

Minister Pyne urges industry to complete Defence Industrial Capability Assessment 2016 Company Survey

The Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne has encouraged Australian companies with an interest in the Defence sector to complete the Defence Industrial ...

JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Thu, 12 Jan 2017

JSF achieves first Australian Cybersecurity Accreditation

The Australian F‐35A Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program achieved another big milestone last month with the F‐ 35A’s Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) ...

AIR • Thu, 12 Jan 2017

Defence turns to social media

The Australian Defence Force is preparing to boost its social media presence in an attempt to enhance its public image and recruitment numbers.

JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Tue, 10 Jan 2017

L3 WESCAM wins defence contracts valued at more than $120m

L# WESCAM announced today that it has recently won defence contracts valued at more than US$90 million ($120 million). The orders will provide a range of MX-Series ...

JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Wed, 04 Jan 2017

Italian shipbuilder making its presence felt in Australia

Fincantieri, one of the shipbuilders short-listed by the Australian government to bid to design and build nine new frigates for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) as part of ...

NAVAL • Thu, 22 Dec 2016

Australian prescriptive analytics software provider secures DoD contract

Australian company Veriluma has entered into a landmark contract with the Australian government Department of Defence (DoD) to build a prototype ‘Indicators and Warnings’ ...

JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Thu, 22 Dec 2016

Prime and SME link up for LAND400 vehicle

Rheinmetall Defence Australia and Albury-based Milspec Manufacturing Pty Ltd have collaborated on the development of a highly sophisticated alternator designed for ...

LAND • Wed, 21 Dec 2016