AllAustralian industry and jobs front and centre of AUKUS submarines
The Hon Richard Marles MPDeputy Prime MinisterMinister for Defence The Hon Pat Conroy MPMinister for Defence IndustryMinister for International Development and the Pacific MEDIA RELEASE Today’s announcement of Australia’s sovereign submarine build and sustainment partners demonstrates the Albanese Government’s focus on maximising Australian industry involvement and jobs in the build and sustainment of Australia’s next […]
AUKUS build and sustainment partners announced
The Hon Pat Conroy MPMinister for Defence IndustryMinister for International Development and the Pacific The Hon Richard Marles MPDeputy Prime MinisterMinister for Defence MEDIA RELEASE The Albanese Government is ensuring local jobs and Australian industry are at the heart of our next generation submarines with the announcement today of Australia’s Sovereign Submarine Build Partner and […]
Launch of AUKUS Pillar II’s first trilateral innovation challenge
MEDIA RELEASE The first in a series of AUKUS Innovation Challenges, the AUKUS Electronic Warfare Innovation Challenge, will be launched today through the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), delivering on a commitment made by AUKUS Defence Ministers in December 2023. The first AUKUS Challenge will seek innovative solutions to shared electronic warfare challenges from industry […]
Uneven salary growth decreased industry career confidence, and increased interest in contracting roles for the Australian defence industry.
Article supplied by Kinexus MEDIA RELEASE The latest defence industry salary trends and workforce data is now available to download. Kinexus, the leading recruitment provider to the Australian defence and national security sector, has released the tenth edition of its eagerly awaited Defence Industry Insights. Leveraging their insider knowledge and deep access to the defence […]
Australian Defence Industry Network welcomes the announcement of the nuclear submarine partners
MEDIA RELEASE AIDN National welcomes today’s announcement of the Nuclear Submarine Partners by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence the Hon Richard Marles MP. Today’s announcement is a significant step forward for the realisation of Australia’s ambitions to become a nuclear submarine force. The choice to formulate a Joint Venture between ASC and […]
Australia selects BAE Systems and ASC to build sovereign nuclear powered submarines
Article and photo courtesy of BAE Systems MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Government has selected BAE Systems and ASC Pty Ltd to build Australia’s new fleet of nuclear powered submarines in the latest significant development in the AUKUS trilateral security pact between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles, […]
Australian-made armoured vehicles to be exported to Germany
Anthony Albanese MPPrime Minister of Australia The Hon Richard Marles MPDeputy Prime MinisterMinister for Defence The Hon Pat Conroy MPMinister for Defence IndustryMinister for International Development and the Pacific MEDIA RELEASE The Albanese Government has entered the single largest defence export agreement in our nation’s history, to supply Australian-made armoured vehicles to Germany. Under the […]
Australia and the United Kingdom commit to modernising our defence relationship
The Hon Richard Marles MPDeputy Prime MinisterMinister for Defence MEDIA RELEASE Today, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon Richard Marles MP, and United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence, the Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, signed a new defence and security cooperation agreement at Parliament House, Canberra, updating the partnership to meet contemporary challenges. The […]
Australian Army test technology in United States
MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Army have joined allies and partners in Project Convergence, testing and developing networks, robotic and autonomous systems, air defence and strike related systems. Project Convergence is a US-led campaign of learning through persistent experimentation. It was designed to aggressively advance and integrate technology across all warfighting domains, to overmatch an adversary […]
ADF helps deter illegal fishing in collaboration with Vanuatu
MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has completed support to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency’s (FFA) Operation Rai Balang for 2024, working with Pacific partners to detect and deter illegal fishing activity in the region. Through Operation Solania, ADF personnel contributed to the FFA’s coordinated maritime surveillance operation to detect activities such as […]