AllReview of Defence Trade Controls Act 2012
Media Release The Albanese Government has appointed Mr Peter Tesch and Professor Graeme Samuel AC to co-lead a review of the Defence Trade Controls Act 2012. The Act regulates the supply of military and dual-use technology overseas and the brokering of defence goods and technology. A review is required every five years under the Act to ensure […]
Albanese Government invests in air and missile defence systems
Media Release The Albanese Government is delivering two key air and missile defence capability projects, as it gets on with the job of implementing the recommendations of the Defence Strategic Review. The Review makes clear that an enhanced, all-domain integrated air and missile defence capability is critical in the face of Australia’s evolving strategic circumstances. […]
Australian Defence Force to purchase smart sea mines
Media Release The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will purchase new, smart sea mines, which will reinvigorate Defence’s maritime mining capability, and are deployable from submarines, ships and aircraft. Following evaluation of market options last year, Defence selected RWM Italia to provide the capability under a multi-million-dollar contract. RWM Italia was assessed as the market leading […]
EOS conducts live fire showcase for counter-UAV Slinger
Canberra-based defence company Electro Optic Systems is setting up for an anticipated export-agreement blitz as it hosts several counter-unmanned aerial vehicle live fire demonstrations in western NSW. Defence Connect, members of the media, and university staff attended a kinetic and directed energy counter-drone live fire demonstration at Klondyke Range Complex on 25 August. It’s understood […]
Independent leads appointed for Defence estate audit
Two independent leads have been appointed by the Australian federal government to undertake a Defence estate audit on baseline estate and infrastructure. Former Defence Housing Australia managing director Jan Mason and Infrastructure Victoria Board chair Jim Miller will conduct the enterprise-wide audit and present their recommendations by the end of this year for consideration. Deputy […]
Australia welcomes Japan’s first international F-35A deployment
Media Release The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has welcomed a visit by Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning II aircraft and personnel to Australia, marking the first time Japan has deployed these aircraft overseas. Two F-35As and a contingent of 55 personnel from the JASDF are being hosted at RAAF Base Tindal from […]
UK MOD awards BAE Systems £89m battlefield comms contract
BAE Systems will partner with Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), PA Consulting, and L3Harris to design and manufacture a deployable tactical wide area network (WAN) known as “Trinity” as part of a five-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded BAE Systems an £89 million (AU$174.5 million) five-year contract […]
Pearl Harbor hosts first AUKUS contingent
The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) has hosted personnel from Australia and the United Kingdom in support of the Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) security partnership’s Pillar One. The uniformed and civilian submarine maintenance subject matter experts from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States comprise […]
Royal Australian Air Force participates in Red Flag Alaska
Media Release Aircraft and personnel from the Royal Australian Air Force have participated in Exercise Red Flag Alaska, a United States Pacific Air Forces-led large force employment exercise, designed to replicate a high-end combat environment. Task Unit Commander, Group Captain Matthew McCormack, said the exercise further enhanced the Air Force’s air combat training through realistic […]
Australian agencies attend Pacific security chiefs’ meeting
Media Release Pacific security leaders have met in Koror, Palau, to enhance information sharing and interoperability while strengthening relationships between partner nations. Police, law-enforcement, customs, defence and immigration representatives from over 20 nations attended the fifth annual Joint Heads of Pacific Security Meeting (JHoPS). For the first time at JHoPS, leaders participated in tabletop exercises, […]