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Nova Systems marks a decade of support to the ADF Pilot Training System
Nova Systems has marked ten years of continuous support to Lockheed Martin Australia’s Pilot Training Systems for the Australian...
Lockheed Martin signs with US government to expand PAC-3 capabilities
Lockheed Martin has secured a landmark contract to integrate its PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor into the Aegis Comb...
Australian Army research paper advocates for Australian national cyber reserve force, volunteer cyber organisations
A newly published Australian Army Research Centre paper has highlighted the need for Australia to establish an Australian national...
Winners revealed in Defence & National Security Workforce Awards 2026
A total of 17 winners have been selected from more than 90 finalists for the third annual Defence & National Security Workforc...
PODCAST: Anzac Day reflections, veteran support reform and ADF workforce trends, with Minister Matt Keogh
How can Australia improve veteran support while strengthening recruitment, retention and workforce pathways in the Australian Defe...
Feature Insights
Our shrinking, self-bankrupting military – getting less for more
Opinion: Australia is spending more and more taxpayers’ dollars equipping our Defence Force, but it is buying less and less. We’re in a...
May 02 2025
Election 2025: Rob’s defence priorities and wish list for the next government
The voters are heading to polling stations with just days to go before the 3 May federal election. However, national security and defence have remained notably absent from...
May 01 2025
Balancing ambition and reality on the other side of the ditch
Opinion: Australia and New Zealand’s strategic compasses have often pointed to different directions. Where Australia sees potential threats to the north, New...
April 30 2025
‘Better prepared’ in 1914 – historian’s critique begs the question: How did we drop the ball so badly?
Acclaimed Australian historian Geoffrey Blainey has issued a pointed warning to Australia’s political leaders, that the nation was “better prepared” to face...
April 29 2025
Unfit for purpose: Whoever wins, we need to prepare the nation for conflict
Right now, our nation is laughably unprepared for conflict brewing in our region – and the economic, political, social and security fallout will be brutal. Whoever wins...
April 28 2025
When your customer doesn’t know you exist – a pain point for Australia’s defence industry
Australia’s defence sector is growing fast, with significant expenditure committed to local capability under the Defence Strategic Review and AUKUS. But despite this...
April 24 2025
US reliability waning: Australia requires alternative self-defence policy
Opinion: There has been a dramatic change in our strategic circumstances. United States reliability has been found wanting.
April 23 2025
Election 2025: Steve’s Defence priorities and wish list for the next government
With the election just a few weeks away and defence and national security barely rating a mention despite the best efforts of both Beijing and Moscow, we asked each of the...
April 22 2025
Becoming a ‘keystone’ nation in the face of a post-America Asia
As America’s attention and increasingly limited resources are being pulled into multiple directions, its enduring commitment to acting as the security benefactor has...
April 16 2025
Renegotiating, restructuring Pax Americana and Australia’s place in it
With the world in a state of seemingly constant flux and the established norms being rewritten on a daily basis, Australia, like many American allies and partners, has the...
April 15 2025
Lessons from the Ukrainian front lines
The war in Ukraine has rewritten the rules for what near-peer conflict might look like, and those rules are still being written. Here are some of the key takeaways after...
April 11 2025
Is it too little, too late? NZ announces complete rebuild of military capability
The New Zealand government has announced a complete overhaul and universal rebuild of its military forces and defence infrastructure.
April 10 2025
The best of both worlds? Navigating and charting the enduring evolution of the Australia-US alliance
Amid growing concern about the future of the Australia-US alliance off the back of President Donald Trump's indiscriminate tariff regime gaining traction amongst some...
April 09 2025
Get real about defence and national security, warns former foreign minister
Former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer has urged our leaders and the public to take defence and national security more seriously as the election campaign gets...
April 08 2025
Trump’s tariffs present more opportunities than challenges – we just have to be brave
Now that the hyperventilating and hysteria have stopped (hopefully), perhaps it is time to look at the Trump tariffs with clear eyes and start viewing them as an opportunity...
April 07 2025
Federal budget fallout: Liberals, Labor expose soft puffery underbelly on defence policy
Hypocrites. That’s the word that accurately sums up the fallout from last week’s federal budget and reply speech.
April 04 2025
Yes, Australia can defend itself independently, but not as an echidna
Many commentators have long debated Australia's capacity to defend itself independently, with arguments both in the pro and con columns. But for too long, the Australian...
April 03 2025
Frogs in boiling water: Taiwan, Australia share some similarities as Beijing steps up coercion attempts
Beijing is stepping up its attempts to wear down Taiwan with expansive military exercises to surround the island. Meanwhile, closer to home, we have seen the latest attempts...
April 02 2025
The 2009 white paper, Force 2030 and a jumping-off point
When it was officially launched in May 2009, the Defending Australia in the Asia-Pacific Century: Force 2030 white paper was met with varying degrees of criticism –...
April 01 2025
Pete Hegseth, the Signal disaster, and the unbearable stupidity of the Trump administration
As high-level talks to plan a US strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen went public in the most disastrous way this week, one question looms large – are any adults actually...
March 28 2025
