Joint-capabilities

USSF Space Systems Command, Northrop Grumman to prototype next-gen tactical SATCOM capability
May 18 2026
The US Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract worth nearly US$400 million to develop a next-gen protected military satellite prototype,...
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Government announces new chief of joint capabilities
May 18 2026
The Albanese government has appointed Air Vice-Marshal Glen Braz as the next chief of joint capabilities, handing one of Defence’s most strategically important leadership...
PODCAST: Aerobatics, military aviation and Australian air shows, with Paul Bennet
May 15 2026
What drives the passion behind flying and preserving some of the world’s most iconic military aircraft?
ADF graduates strengthen space capabilities in new course
May 15 2026
Students have graduated from the Australian Defence Force’s first space operations training course.
Spiral Blue, Arlula partner on next-gen space-based LiDAR capabilities
May 14 2026
Australian space technology and Earth observation company Spiral Blue has partnered with provider Arlula in a move designed to strengthen sovereign space-based LiDAR...
Defence academy students test robotics skills at international challenge
May 13 2026
Students from the Australian Defence Force Academy have displayed their robotics skills at the Australian Rover Challenge, held in Adelaide.
NIOA welcomes plan for Aussie rocket manufacturing facility
May 12 2026
Aussie defence prime NIOA has welcomed the federal government’s plan to build a rocket motor manufacturing complex.
The strategy is now set to build Australia’s Defence resilience
May 12 2026
Australia faces a decisive decade. The new National Defence Strategy puts Australia on a welcomed pathway to real self-reliance built on Australian capability, industry...
CONTESTED GROUND: Australia and the West must ask themselves new questions in the face of the modern world, with Robbin Laird
May 11 2026
Each and every day, the world is becoming more unpredictable, yet Australia continues with the post-Cold War status quo. As things continue to deteriorate, we’re going to...
PODCAST: Black Hawk capability, B-21 bomber debate, and upcoming budget
May 11 2026
Questions remain around Australia’s defence modernisation efforts. Can the nation continue expanding advanced capabilities while balancing cost, readiness, and strategic...