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Stryker APCs, munitions announced in latest US-Ukraine assistance package
November 04 2024
The US government has announced Stryker armoured personnel carriers, munitions, and equipment will be transferred to Ukraine in the latest security as...
UK Fleet Solid Support ships complete preliminary design review
The UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships program has successfully completed the preliminary design review (PDR) in a major milestone.
November 01 2024
Industry collaboration key to support growing Defence intelligence mission
Head of intelligence capability, Major General Brett Mousley, has put out a call to arms for defence industry experts to provide innovative solutions to support the mission...
November 01 2024
US Army, Lockheed Martin demonstrate next-gen launch capability
Lockheed Martin and the US Army recently demonstrated a next-generation, containerised strike capability in the Philippines, designed to provide tactical and strategic...
November 01 2024
Northrop Grumman LITENING targeting pod completes initial testing on US Super Hornets
The US Navy has completed initial flight testing of the Northrop Grumman LITENING targeting pod on the fleet’s F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet aircraft.
November 01 2024
Australia must contest the People’s Republic of China as an economic option in the Indo-Pacific
Former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has shared his thoughts on the direction the Australian government should be taking to counter competing economic and security...
November 01 2024
Thales Australia welcomes appointment under newly released GWEO Plan
Thales Australia has welcomed its appointment as a Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) strategic partner under the government’s 2024 Australian GWEO Plan...
October 31 2024
Conroy meets with Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov
Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry and Capability Delivery, Pat Conroy, has met with Ukrainian leadership after the donation of 49 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks...
October 31 2024
UK government launches largest defence industry reform program in 50 years
UK Defence Secretary John Healey has officially launched the largest reform of the British defence procurement in 50 years, with a new National Armaments Director to...
October 31 2024
Japan becomes first global customer for improved naval electronic warfare capability
Lockheed Martin has secured a US$113 million (AU$171.9 million) contract from Japan to provide Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 2 AN/SLQ-32(V)6...
October 31 2024
Pentagon lifts lid on latest defence industrial strategy to counter peer competitors
As potential adversaries continue to marshal their industrial and economic potential, the United States is responding with its implementation plan for the National Defense...
October 31 2024
US soldiers full of praise for 6.8mm changes during next-generation squad weapons system trials
American airborne infantry soldiers have been given the opportunity to trial the US military’s Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) system.
October 31 2024
Defence industry personnel, VC recipient sanctioned under new Russian blacklist
The Russian Foreign Ministry has blacklisted a collection of defence industry personnel operating in Australia, under new sanctions announced this week.
October 30 2024
DroneShield launches into Denmark, Germany with European expansion plans
Australian counter-unmanned aerial systems developer DroneShield has announced it will be establishing a “strong presence in both Denmark and Germany” to meet...
October 30 2024
Collection of 110 war stories to be published commemorating World War I
More than a hundred war stories have been published to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the start of the First World War.
October 30 2024
Distracted superpower: To effectively confront Beijing, Washington needs to limit European, Middle East efforts
The continued deterioration of the global security environment is rapidly pulling the attention and focus of America in multiple different directions – now experts are...
October 30 2024
Conroy unveils multibillion-dollar GWEO blueprint
Minister of Defence Industry and Capability Delivery Pat Conroy has officially unveiled the government’s Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Plan to accelerate...
October 30 2024
Australia announces rapid munitions, missile manufacturing with Thales, Lockheed Martin
The federal government has announced plans for the rapid establishment of domestic manufacturing for missiles, munitions – including producing up to 100,000 artillery...
October 30 2024
Army conducts helicopter insertion and extraction training with new Black Hawk fleet
Australian Army soldiers and aviators have conducted helicopter insertion and extraction training with their new UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters as part of the aircraft’s...
October 30 2024
Israel signs agreement to expand production of Iron Beam laser interception system
The production of Iron Beam, Israel’s first domestically developed laser interception system will be expanded under a new contract with the Israel Ministry of Defense.
October 29 2024