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ATSB investigates near collision of light aircraft, military aircraft at RAAF Base Tindal
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation has been launched into a near collision between a Piper Aircraft PA-28 and two military...
September 04 2025
Royal Australian Navy boosts anti-submarine training with new Saab system
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) will strengthen its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training with the acquisition of an additional AUV62-AT autonomous training target from...
September 04 2025
Australian ministers head to Tokyo for key security talks with Japan
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong will travel to Japan this week for high-level talks aimed at deepening defence and...
September 04 2025
Lockheed Martin secures US$9.8bn contract for PAC-3 MSE interceptors
Lockheed Martin has secured a US$9.8 billion contract for the production of 1,970 Patriot Advanced Capability – 3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptors...
September 04 2025
Hunter Class frigate director-general hits back at renewed criticism
Director-general for the multibillion-dollar and contentious Hunter Class frigate program, Commodore Scott Lockey has hit back at mounting media criticism about the program.
September 04 2025
China’s 2025 Victory Day parade was flawless, and that should worry Western nations
The People’s Republic of China’s 2025 Victory Day parade was a flawless display of advanced military hardware, evolving technological concepts and solid strategic goals....
September 03 2025
SPEE3D announces intentions to collaborate during European tour
Australian deployable cold spray metal 3D printer developer SPEE3D has launched a “European tour” for the company’s Expeditionary Manufacturing Unit.
September 03 2025
Russia boasts of automatic track and lock drone outside human control
Russian defence industry has allegedly created an automatic target-tracking and locking drone designed to independently navigate towards designated targets without human...
September 03 2025
US Space Command deepens integration of space capabilities across global operations
US Space Command has underlined the growing importance of space in modern warfare during its fifth annual Joint Integrated Space Team Summit, held in Colorado Springs on...
September 03 2025
Maps, ports and proxies: What Turkey’s experiments teach Australia and the Indo-Pacific about China’s coercion
Opinion: Turkey’s coercive experiments in maritime claims, proxies, ports and drones provide the beta version of a playbook now scaled by China across the Indo-Pacific,...
September 03 2025
Mark Osborn appointed to lead NIOA Group expansion into United Kingdom
Mark Osborn OAM has been appointed by NIOA Group to lead the company’s expansion into the United Kingdom.
September 03 2025
US Army, Polish Air Force conduct Spike NLOS live-fire from Apache Guardian helicopter
The US Army and Polish Air Force Inspectorate have successfully completed a joint live-fire of a Spike NLOS missile system from an AH-64Ev6 Apache Guardian helicopter with...
September 03 2025
SAAB announces fire-and-forget Nimbrix C-UAS missiles for 2026
Saab has announced Nimbrix, its first dedicated counter-unmanned aerial system missile designed to defeat UAS swarms.
September 02 2025
Senator Roberts alleges ‘breach of law’ in MRH-90 Taipan helicopter crash
Senator Malcolm Roberts has alleged several “breaches of the law” in the deaths of four Australian Defence Force personnel during an MRH-90 Taipan helicopter...
September 02 2025
New Zealand Army partners with defence industry on FPV drone training
New Zealand Army personnel have partnered with the defence industry to bolster the country’s military drone capability.
September 02 2025
ADF cyber specialists test prototype Joint Cyber Hunt kits in US
Cyber specialists from Australia, America and New Zealand have tested prototype Joint Cyber Hunt kits designed to deliver highly mobile, defensive cyber mission systems.
September 02 2025
Renewable diesel powers ADF’s light armoured vehicles, M113 APCs
Renewable diesel is powering the Australian Defence Force’s Australian Light Armoured Vehicles and M113 armoured personnel carriers (APC) under a move towards the use...
September 02 2025
Comedian Jim Jefferies shares grief over nephew’s ADF death in ‘Taipan cover-up’
Stand-up comedian and actor Jim Jefferies has shared his grief and frustration at the loss of nephew and Australian Defence Force pilot Maxwell Nugent during an MRH-90 Taipan...
September 02 2025
If not us, then who? The question of who defends Australia hasn’t disappeared, no matter how hard we try
It is an age-old question: “If we don’t take our own security seriously, then how can we expect anyone else to?” Yet for Australia, it seems to once again...
September 01 2025
Q-CTRL secures 2 contracts with DARPA Robust Quantum Sensors program
Quantum infrastructure software developer Q-CTRL has secured two contracts with DARPA’s Robust Quantum Sensors program.
September 01 2025