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National Reconstruction Fund invests $245m into Austal's Landing Craft Heavy production
National Reconstruction Fund invests $245 million in Australian shipbuilder Austal Limited to help strengthen country’s military shipbuilding...
October 22 2026
Leonardo DRS announces multipurpose missile launcher to expand anti-armour capability
Leonardo DRS has announced a multipurpose missile launcher, a field-reconfigurable launcher designed to expand anti-armour missile capability on enduring and future combat...
October 21 2026
HMAS Sydney returns to Australia after regional presence deployment
Royal Australian Navy Hobart Class guided missile destroyer HMAS Sydney has returned to Australia following 131 days operating across the Indo-Pacific, demonstrating...
October 21 2026
Veterans’ Affairs Minister Matt Keogh calls for greater ADF transparency, trust and cultural change
Australian Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel Matt Keogh has called for stronger independent oversight, cultural change and transparency across the...
October 21 2026
Bluebottle Hybrid USVs make northern hemisphere debut at US Navy’s Maritime Big Play Pacific
Two diesel-hybrid variants of Ocius Technology's Bluebottle uncrewed surface vessel, “Bluebottle Hybrid”, are participating in the US Navy-led Maritime Big Play Pacific...
October 21 2026
PNG applicants able to apply to join Australian Defence Force next month
The Australian government has announced that eligible Papua New Guineans will be able to apply to join the Australian Defence Force starting next month.
October 21 2026
ADF teams to take part in Exercise Keen Sword with Japanese, US personnel
Australian units will join Japanese and US personnel alongside contingents from Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the Netherlands and the Philippines.
October 20 2026
Saab Australia unveils new data, analysis and supported decision making Allied Mission System for space tracking
Saab Australia has unveiled its new Allied Mission System designed to allow agencies and militaries understand activity in the space domain and translate that information...
October 20 2026
Sikorsky Australia celebrates decade of Seahawk helicopter capability at Nowra facility
Sikorsky Australia, a Lockheed Martin Company, is marking 10 years of its purpose-built sustainment and logistics facility in Nowra, which has grown into a key hub for...
October 20 2026
Australian Army confirms first overseas deployment of HIMARS
The Australian Army has deployed its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers overseas for the first time, transporting the long-range weapons system from Darwin to...
October 20 2026
Money and munitions: Australia must reserve the firepower it finances
Opinion: Australia owns the munitions factories at Benalla and Mulwala.
October 20 2026
Bluebottle USVs bringing new capability and cooperability, says Royal New Zealand Navy
Royal New Zealand Navy naval adviser Commander Zia Jones has confirmed the new Australian-made Bluebottle uncrewed surface vessels are already bringing cooperability and...
October 19 2026
Australia announces launch of first Women Veterans’ Strategy
The Australian government has announced the launch of the first Women Veterans’ Strategy, honouring the service, leadership and contribution of women who have served the...
October 19 2026
Royal Australian Navy in transition from crewed to uncrewed mine clearance, says chief of navy
The Royal Australian Navy is currently in a transition period for sea mine clearance as it moves from crewed to uncrewed systems, according to new comments from Chief of Navy...
October 19 2026
Australia unveils sea mines, logistics cache and drone swarm payloads for Ghost Shark XL AUV
The Australian government has unveiled new sea mine, deployable logistics cache and launched swarms of Altius uncrewed aerial vehicle payloads for the Ghost Shark extra-large...
October 19 2026
Japan’s drone wall: Ukraine’s war comes to Okinawa’s doorstep
Opinion: Tokyo is borrowing Kyiv’s battlefield playbook to defend its south-western islands. The drones may prove the easy part.
October 19 2026
RSL WA, ASC announce partnership to empower Defence veterans, families
RSL WA has announced a new partnership with Australia’s submarine company, ASC, through the Veteran Futures Partnership.
October 16 2026
Conroy officially opens Ocius Technology global operations centre, manufacturing expansion
Australian Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy has officially opened the Ocius Technology advanced engineering, production and maintenance hub for Bluebottle uncrewed...
October 16 2026
New Zealand to acquire 5 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters under signed US agreement
The government of New Zealand has signed an agreement with the United States government to purchase five MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopters and associated systems and...
October 16 2026
RSL Australia calls for national preparedness framework to address ‘duty nobody holds’
RSL Australia national president Peter Tinley has called for Australia to step up national preparedness in the wake of more conflict-likely contested global environment.
October 16 2026