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Thales Australia, 3ME Technology unveil BladeHAUL uncrewed ground vehicle at Land Forces 2026
Thales Australia and 3ME Technology have unveiled a new BladeHAUL multi-mission extra-large uncrewed ground vehicle at the Land Fo...
Defence confirms Australian Army soldier killed, 5 injured in NT training incident
An Australian Army soldier has died and five others were injured in a Northern Territory training incident, according to a stateme...
Arkeus announces Warden Hyperspectral Optical Radar to enter service with Australian Army
Arkeus has announced its Warden Hyperspectral Optical Radar will enter service with the Australian Army to provide comprehensive w...
Rheinmetall, Breaker to integrate human machine teaming onto Australian Boxer CRV
Rheinmetall and defence technology start-up Breaker have signed a teaming agreement to bring human machine teaming to armoured veh...
Australia should learn the lesson on hydrogen’s defence value from India
Opinion: Australia’s north has long been the epicentre of the nation’s defence readiness.
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Opinion
Trump 2025: Australian defence industry under the gun
Opinion: With the Trump administration doubling down on its “America First” agenda and Australian industry now well within the...
March 13 2025
The world has changed – has the Australian government taken notice?
Opinion: It’s important not to panic and to jump at ghosts and shadows. But when the facts change, a sane person changes their plans. Simply continuing down the same...
March 03 2025
Top takeaways: Palmer Luckey discusses rebuilding US defence industry, weaponising visas and expansionist China
American entrepreneur Palmer Luckey has shared his thoughts on how the United States can best rebuild its defence industry and contend with the expansionist aspirations of...
February 28 2025
Foreign intelligence agencies targeting defence personnel, industry and AUKUS: ASIO
Foreign intelligence agencies will increase their targeting and sabotage of defence personnel, industry and AUKUS, according to a recent speech by the head of the Australian...
February 20 2025
Drones in, humans out: Top takeaways from Elon Musk’s West Point military address
The age of human-piloted fighter aircraft is over, space is the ultimate high ground and the modern front-line warfare is a machine battlefield, according to a recent address...
February 13 2025
Japan’s 2024 industrial policy: A bold strategy to strengthen the defence industrial base
Opinion: Late last year, the Japanese government unveiled a landmark policy developed by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry that marks a major shift in Japan’s...
February 12 2025
Other side of history: Challenging perspectives from Japan’s Yushukan war museum
The history of international warfare is often a matter of perspective – this frame of reference is almost always written by those victorious in combat.
February 07 2025
The key lessons Australia needs to learn from the Ukraine war
Opinion: After a long period of relative peace between the major global powers, a war involving Russia broke out involving new technology that offered insight into how future...
February 06 2025
Defence recruitment shortfalls, culture and patriotism are back in the spotlight, but the criticisms miss some key points
Australia’s Defence recruitment is back in the spotlight, with former Army chief Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Peter Leahy AC slamming cultural shifts and waning...
February 05 2025
Risk management or risk myopia? Changing the ADF’s acquisition risk management culture: Part 2
Opinion: The 2023 Defence Strategic Review identifies shifting a risk-averse culture as a key challenge. Group Captain David Hood emphasises that fostering healthy...
January 29 2025
Risk management or risk myopia? Changing the ADF’s acquisition risk management culture: Part 1
Opinion: Risk aversion and risk management has increasingly been at the forefront of the ADF’s uniformed services, public service and national policymakers, with little...
January 28 2025
Swift death of ‘political sensibility policy’ during Trump’s golden age of America
It is now obvious that the world can expect to move towards a “winner-takes-all” approach following the recent inauguration of the newly re-elected US president,...
January 23 2025
Which way? Trump 2.0 presents opportunities if we’re brave enough to grab them
As a second Trump administration looms, commentary is rife with alarm over his “disruptive” and “destructive” impact on the global order and...
January 20 2025
The return of the ‘God of War’ – the Army Reserve needs to be re-equipped with 105mm artillery
Opinion: It is widely accepted that in both world wars, majority of combat casualties were caused by artillery. Late in World War II, artillery was so decisive on the Eastern...
January 10 2025
Bushmaster in review: Ukrainian troops credit effective Australian armour
Ukrainian troops have given some insights and battle experiences associated with Australian-donated Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles in their fight against Russian...
December 12 2024
Ukraine’s cyber defenders turn years of conflict into useful lessons for all
TRYZUB is a new training platform based on real-world, front-line cyber warfare experiences – here’s how it works and why it could matter for Australia.
December 06 2024
K-Rudd fiasco: Winners and losers after the Australian ambassador smear campaign
The new US administration hasn’t even taken office yet but Australia is visibly rushing to cripple its own diplomatic leadership in Washington. Who are the possible...
December 05 2024
Reversing the decline: Growing calls for pollies to take the nation’s future seriously
With revelations that Australia’s living standards are now in free fall, our economic complexity in the toilet and the multipolar world rapidly turning the heat up,...
November 26 2024
Rise or cannibalise: Experts agree Australia must lift defence spend to 3% of GDP
A consensus is spreading that Australia must increase its percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) defence spending to 3 per cent.
November 21 2024
Veterans, defence community paying the price for government inaction on violent activism
Australian military veterans and the defence community have once again paid the price for the federal government's “kid gloves approach” to violent activism.
November 14 2024