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B-2 Spirit bombers make historic strike on Houthi weapons storage facilities in Yemen
October 18 2024
The United States military has used B-2 Spirit bombers against Houthi rebels’ weapons storage facilities in Yemen, reportedly marking the first ...
Sunken shipping containers to be removed from HMNZS Manawanui wreck site
The New Zealand Defence Force has announced it will remove three shipping containers which fell on a reef near the sinking Royal New Zealand Navy’s HMNZS Manawanui.
October 18 2024
Airbus Defence and Space announces plans to streamline, shed up to 2,500 jobs
European aerospace corporation Airbus Defence and Space has announced plans to streamline its organisation and reduce divisional workforce by up to 2,500 positions.
October 18 2024
Slain Hamas leader was ‘enemy of peace-loving people’, says Albanese
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has stated that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was an “enemy of peace-loving people everywhere”, following Sinwar’s...
October 18 2024
New Zealand military inquiry continues into support for Maori veterans
New Zealand officials have heard dozens of accounts from Māori veterans during the latest stage of the Wai 2500 Military Veterans Kaupapa Inquiry in Whakatāne.
October 18 2024
Regional security, military relations discussed at Australia-China Defence Coordination Dialogue
An Australian delegation has met with Chinese officials for the most recent Australia-China Defence Coordination Dialogue.
October 18 2024
Birdon announces expansion to coincide with new Henderson Shipyard investment
Australian-owned maritime engineering company Birdon has welcomed the government’s investment into the multibillion-dollar Defence precinct for naval shipbuilding and...
October 18 2024
Families of Veterans Guild calls on Australians to help end social isolation for war widows
The Families of Veterans Guild is calling on Australians to recognise over 32,000 war widows around the nation and help put an end to the social isolation this group can...
October 17 2024
No defence funding rivalry between WA and SA, assures Deputy PM
Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has assured industry representatives and the public that the newly announced infrastructure investment isn’t a...
October 17 2024
Falepili Union: Guardian Class patrol boat handed over to Tuvalu
The Australian federal government has handed over a new Guardian Class patrol boat, the HMTSS Te Mataili III, to the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Feleti Teo OBE.
October 17 2024
Training before game day: Takeaways from China’s most recent encirclement of Taiwan
The dust has quickly settled on one of the People’s Republic of China’s largest and most complex joint military drills, Joint Sword-2024B, in the Taiwan Strait.
October 17 2024
Australia confirms 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks will be gifted to Ukraine
Australia has announced the gifting of 49 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine as part of the latest military assistance package worth around $245 million.
October 17 2024
Civmec to acquire Luerssen Australia in major shipbuilder agreement
Civmec Limited and Naval Vessels Lürssen of Bremen, Germany, have entered into a non-binding heads of agreement, detailing the framework for the transfer of ownership of...
October 16 2024
Stakeholders tour Hunter Class frigate construction at Osborne Naval Shipyard
Stakeholders of the SEA 5000-1 Project have attended a tour of the size and scope of a Hunter Class frigate’s construction at Osborne Naval Shipyard in late September...
October 16 2024
Submarines, frigates and landing craft on the horizon at WA Defence precinct
A consolidated Commonwealth-owned Defence precinct will be established at Henderson shipyard in Western Australia.
October 16 2024
The turmoil within: Should we be worried about Team Marles?
For Australia’s defence-focused revitalisation to be successful, we need unity and strength from our governmental leadership, not this recent public display of...
October 16 2024
Autonomous multi-launch system could produce ‘waves of loitering munitions’
American loitering munitions developer UVision USA has announced an autonomous multi-launch system to produce “waves of munitions”.
October 16 2024
US Navy pushes integrated workforce with first mixed crew Virginia Class submarine
The US Navy is moving forward with a more male, female integrated workforce following the commissioning of the Virginia Class fast-attack submarine, USS New Jersey.
October 16 2024
Scott Morrison appointed chairman at Space Centre Australia
Scott Morrison has become the new chairman of Space Centre Australia, the planned spaceport in far north Queensland.
October 15 2024
Does the IIP focus on ‘Theatre Command and Control’ provide the opportunity for us to get northern infrastructure right?
The government’s 2024 Integrated Investment Program (IIP) emphasised the importance of “Theatre Command and Control”, giving echoes of General Douglas...
October 15 2024