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Defence secures new 50-year lease with council for Wagga Wagga Airport’s long-term future
The federal government has secured Wagga Wagga Airport’s long-term future following an agreement for a new 50-year lease between...
AML3D signs initial production parts order for US Navy submarines
AML3D Limited has announced an initial production parts order from Austal, valued at approximately $0.5 million, as the company ex...
THE PROGRESS REPORT: Building the future – Viviene Beins on aerospace engineering, women, and Australia’s defence industry
Breaking barriers and building the skills needed to shape the future of Australia’s aerospace and defence industries.
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US Department of State approves proposed sale of F-35 aircraft to Saudi Arabia
The US Department of State has approved a possible US$24.3 billion foreign military sale of almost 50 F-35 Lightning II Joint Stri...
Australia should look to commercial providers for fast defence and deployable capability
Opinion: The Australian defence establishment should urgently work with commercial providers to deliver military and dual-use capa...
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Australia should look to commercial providers for fast defence and deployable capability
Opinion: The Australian defence establishment should urgently work with commercial providers to deliver military and dual-use capabilities that can...
September 18 2026
Global defence market expanding but less accessible to Australian industry, confirms new report
The global defence market is expanding significantly but also becoming less internationally accessible as governments tie their own defence spending to industrial resilience,...
September 17 2026
Rudd’s ‘one-in-three’ 2028 Taiwan possibility exposes Australia’s 2033 defence spending timeline
A recent forecast from former prime minister Kevin Rudd asserting that there’s potentially a “one-in-three chance of China moving to take Taiwan” in 2028 has exposed...
September 14 2026
National mindset change required: Australia must move from ‘Lucky Country’ lethargy to wartime urgency, says former PM Rudd
Australia must change its national mindset from “Lucky Country” lethargy to urgency, according to comments from former prime minister Kevin Rudd.
September 11 2026
Time waits for no company: Sovereign encryption is becoming a front-line defence capability
Opinion: Australian organisations have four months left to produce a plan for their transition to post-quantum cryptography.
September 10 2026
Experiences of a defence industry engineer on the front lines of Ukraine
Opinion: I travelled to Poland and Ukraine late in 2025. These are the lessons I learnt there, and the potential for the future.
September 09 2026
Transparently bad: Government censorship is damaging our defence and our democracy
Opinion: Defence officials are often accused of being unimaginative and bureaucratic. But when it comes to new ways to hide information and obscure even simple issues and...
September 08 2026
Autonomous Gauntlet gives glimpse into Australian Army robotics warfare
Members of the public have been given a brief glimpse into what modern robotics combat might look like under the newly published Autonomous Gauntlet short story.
September 07 2026
Defence Connect is giving a greater voice to industry, and we want YOU to be part of it
Defence Connect is returning to its roots as a direct voice for industry editorial coverage while continuing to maintain the podcasts, insights and breaking news content that...
September 01 2026
Rethinking Australia’s alliance debate: Disengagement is not a strategy
Opinion: There is a fashionable argument circulating in Canberra’s strategic policy circles that goes roughly like this: the United States, under its current...
August 31 2026
Australia’s total mobilisation in a Taiwan contingency: The 2028 reality check
If China moves against Taiwan by 2028, Australia could face a wartime transformation spanning defence, industry, supply chains and civil society, exposing the urgent need to...
August 29 2026
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye: My 5 favourite analysis pieces of the last few years
The time has come for me to call time. After nearly four years with Defence Connect (this time) and nearly a decade in total, I will be leaving the team, so I figured it was...
August 28 2026
What are our options? Any conversation about the Hunter’s future must focus on cost, capability and schedule
While many are still patting themselves on the back following the recent keel laying of NUSHIP Hunter, questions still remain about what is proving to be one of Australia’s...
August 27 2026
Plan for the worst, hope for the best: Strategist reissues warning to Australian leaders over ‘end’ of US dominance
Celebrated Australian strategist Hugh White has once again issued a call for the nation’s leaders and policymakers to prepare for a world following the end of American...
August 26 2026
Reimagined deputy? Australia has a unique role to play in the multipolar, ‘middle power strategy’ world
Australia has long prided itself on being an invaluable and irreplaceable “deputy sheriff” to the United States. Now as other middle powers begin to question their role...
August 25 2026
A grand vision or a mislaid foundation? Inside Keating’s ‘Grand Ambition’ for Australia’s foreign policy
Middle powers like Australia were told they did not need a grand strategy. For Paul Keating, however, the end of the Cold War was a chance to chart an independent course. But...
August 24 2026
Don’t mention the ‘M’ word: Australia fiddles while enemies mobilise, warns retired major general
Like all liberal democracies, Australia and Australians have a tough time understanding, let alone accepting the concept of mobilisation. Yet while successive Australian...
August 22 2026
New US tariffs on drones, components raise defence industry hackles in Australia
New tariffs announced by the US government on drone systems and their components have raised concerns about how Australian defence industry will be affected.
August 21 2026
Hitting the gym: Australia’s path to middle power relevance in the 2030s
It is becoming clearer by the day that Australia’s default strategy of great power hedging is exhausted. The nation must build genuine strategic autonomy by 2030 or face...
August 20 2026
Distance provides no protection for Australia against transnational cocaine campaign
Opinion: Colombia’s new president has vowed to reverse a coca boom four years in the making – Canberra has a stake in whether he can.
August 19 2026