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RAAF, Boeing complete MQ-28 Ghost Bat operational viability demonstrations
Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force have successfully completed demonstrations proving the operational viability of the MQ-28 Ghost Bat...
September 05 2025
Strengthening the alliance: Northrop Grumman scholarship deepens US–Australia educational collaboration
Northrop Grumman and the American Australian Association are extending their long-running partnership through the continuation of the American Australian Association –...
September 05 2025
Lessons from Washington: How US slashed red tape while Australia drowns in it!
Opinion: After a week of high-level meetings in Washington DC, while the US is rapidly cutting red tape, embracing risk and pouring billions into defence innovation,...
September 05 2025
DSTG scientists recognised in Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science
Defence Science and Technology Group scientist Adjunct Professor Dr Kamal Gupta and colleague Dr Jafar Shojaii (Macquarie University) have been recognised with the 2025...
September 05 2025
BAE Systems joins GM Defense, NP Aerospace under Team LionStrike
BAE Systems has joined GM Defense and NP Aerospace under Team LionStrike to offer ground vehicle fleet mobility solutions to the UK Ministry of Defence.
September 05 2025
ADF personnel, equipment deployed to support Victoria Police manhunt
An undisclosed number of Australian Defence Force personnel and equipment have been deployed to support the Victoria Police search for alleged gunman Dezi Freeman.
September 04 2025
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 aircraft at RAAF Base...
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