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3 Jun 2019

Northrop Grumman delivers first Advanced Hawkeye to Japan

Northrop Grumman has successfully completed its first delivery of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and control aircraft (AEW&C) to ...

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3 Jun 2019

RAAF pays respects to Torres Strait Island community

Senior members of the Royal Australian Air Force have attended a ceremony on Horn and Thursday Islands in far north Queensland to pay tribute to those...

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31 May 2019

Enhancing Australian and allied strategic sealift in the Indo-Pacific

The geographic realities of the Indo-Pacific require a robust sealift capability. While nations like the US and UK implement such capabilities, Austr...

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31 May 2019

Push it to the limit – The next steps in developing Australia’s defence industry

Australia’s defence industry has gone from strength to strength in a short period of time – however, global competition and world-leading capabili...

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31 May 2019

Lockheed Martin delivers more F-35A JSF aircraft for Australia

Two additional F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft have been delivered by Lockheed Martin to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, US, fo...

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31 May 2019

HMAS Ballarat seizes over $1bn as part of Operation Manitou

The crew of HMAS Ballarat has stopped illegal narcotics in excess of $1 billion from funding terrorism and other illegal activity. ...

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31 May 2019

Boeing Defence Australia triples Indigenous supplier spend

Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) has continued to expand its Indigenous supply chain partners, with a 380 per cent growth in Indigenous-owned small and...

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31 May 2019

Naval Shipbuilding College hosts training and technology summit

More than 300 Australian and international experts have converged on Geelong this week for the inaugural Navy, Industry and Academia Training Confere...

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31 May 2019

New Defence Industry Minister announces renewed focus

Recently appointed Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price has welcomed her appointment to the new position with a focus on supporting the development...

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30 May 2019

What constitutes a national security strategy?

National security has traditionally focused on traditionally ‘hard power’ concepts of conventional economic and military power, espionage and int...

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30 May 2019

Army recapitalisation and is the Army big enough?

The Australian Army is undergoing a period of unprecedented modernisation and expansion – however, as the Army is required to respond to an increas...

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30 May 2019

Birdon awarded contract for Garden Island Redevelopment Project

NSW-based company Birdon has announced it has won the contract to undertake dredging works at Garden Island. ...

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30 May 2019

Citadel Group acquires Melbourne-based defence contractor

Citadel Group has announced it will acquire systems integrator Noventus for $5.7 million, with the company eyeing future government contract offerings...

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30 May 2019

Global wrap-up: Korea seeks new anti-sub helicopters; Poland to acquire F-35

This global wrap-up provides updates of industry developments across the globe, including new procurement deals, capability introductions and key anno...

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30 May 2019

Australian SME secures deployable life support infrastructure capability for military and humanitarian operations

Nowra-based Global Defence Solutions has delivered on one of its key strategic milestones in the local manufacture and maintenance of i-4S quick assem...

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29 May 2019

Hard and fast: Brigade Combat Teams and the hardened army

Australia’s pursuit of a dedicated amphibious power projection capability is one of the core modernisation programs for both the Army and the ‘Joi...

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29 May 2019

Enhancing the capability of the ADF – Opening the conversation about future key enablers

Key enablers form a central component of building and supporting the capabilities of the ADF – as potential adversaries continue to invest in simila...

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29 May 2019

DST to lead development of transformative energetic materials

Defence Science and Technology has initiated the Transformative Energetics Research Program to position the ADF and Australian defence industry to t...

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29 May 2019

French Military and Airbus bring forward development of Joint Light Helicopter

The French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, has announced that the launch of the Joint Light Helicopter program has been brought forward ...

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29 May 2019

Serco STEM workshop gives female students chance to experience cyber security career

Serco has created a new initiative alongside BT to give female students the opportunity to try their hand at code cracking, as well as hearing from wo...

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