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Regional security, military relations discussed at Australia-China Defence Coordination Dialogue

October 18 2024

An Australian delegation has met with Chinese officials for the most recent Australia-China Defence Coordination Dialogue. ...

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

First batch of Royal Australian Navy enlisted sailors graduate US Nuclear Power School

The first seven Royal Australian Navy enlisted sailors have graduated the United States Navy Nuclear Power School – a milestone for the AUKUS enhanced trilateral...

October 15 2024

Defence awards infrastructure contract to secure safe drinking water for Bullsbrook, WA

Defence has signed an infrastructure contract to secure the long-term security of safe drinking water for Bullsbrook, Western Australia, residents impacted by per- and...

October 15 2024

Airbus completes teaming system demonstration using helicopters, drones

Airbus Helicopters and its partners have conducted a full-scale demonstration of a manned-unmanned teaming system, code-named MUSHER, developed as part of a project funded by...

October 15 2024