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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
Ichor Autonomy confirms successful testing of quadcopter platform tech
Queensland defence and autonomy company Ichor Autonomy has announced its first successful test of a 50A, four-in-one electronic speed controller.
September 01 2025
RAAF and US personnel complete CBRN joint training in Hawaii
US and Australian military personnel have collaborated on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defence capabilities during Exercise Toxic Swell 25 in...
September 01 2025
USAF conducts flight testing with YFQ-42A uncrewed aircraft
A YFQ-42A uncrewed aircraft has conducted flight testing in California under the US Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program.
September 01 2025
Australia delivers landing craft vessel VOEA Late to Tonga
Australia has delivered a new landing craft vessel, VOEA Late, to Tonga during an official handover ceremony earlier this year.
September 01 2025
A year on: Celebrating the Royal Australian Navy’s first firing of the SM-6 Missile
A year ago, there was a step change in the lethality, long-range strike and air and missile defence capability of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), with the RAN conducting...
August 29 2025
Belgium, Italy, Romania to acquire AIM-9X missiles under US FMS
The US State Department has approved a possible US$103.9 million foreign military sale of AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles for the NATO Support and Procurement Agency.
August 29 2025
MDSI, Armadrone celebrate precision munition strike with aerial drone
MDSI and Armadrone have celebrated the live demonstration of an uncrewed aerial platform integrated with advanced precision-guided capabilities in Denmark.
August 29 2025
Elephant in the room: Iranian attacks raise concern about state-sponsored public coercion
After the recently confirmed Iranian attacks in Sydney and Melbourne, should we be concerned about grey zone warfare campaigns to utilise public radicalisation in Australia?
August 28 2025
Cellula Robotics confirms sale of Guardian AUV to defence customer
Canadian marine engineering company Cellula Robotics has confirmed the sale of a Guardian autonomous underwater vehicle to an undisclosed defence customer.
August 28 2025
FIM-92 Stinger missiles fired in Indonesia during Super Garuda Shield 25 milestone
US personnel have fired FIM-92 Stinger missiles for the first time during a live-fire exercise as part of Super Garuda Shield 25 in Indonesia.
August 28 2025
Birdon Group, MMT AB partner on tactical bridging systems solution
Australian defence contractor Birdon Group has announced a strategic partnership with Swedish engineering firm MMT AB to deliver tactical bridging systems to allied defence...
August 28 2025
UK to acquire C-17 aircraft equipment, services in US$861m US foreign military sale
The US State Department has approved a possible US$861 million foreign military sale of C-17 Globemaster III aircraft equipment, sustainment and services for the United...
August 28 2025
Full review into Kabul Airport attack to be ready by mid-2026, says Hegseth
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has confirmed that a full review of the 2021 suicide bombing attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, will be available in mid-2026.
August 28 2025
Australia, US convene key dialogue of defence leadership
Australia and the United States convened a key dialogue between their defence leadership this week.
August 27 2025