Multibillion dollar investment in new C-130J Hercules aircraft
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The Australian Government will purchase 20 new C-130J Hercules aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force for $9.8 billion. This will provide the Air Force with state of the art C-130 Hercules to meet the air transport needs of the future.
The new acquisitions will replace and expand upon the 12 Hercules aircraft currently operated by Air F...
$1 billion Defence agreement supports Australian jobs and industry
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The Australian Government has agreed to a major defence export deal with Germany, signing an in-principle agreement for Australia to supply more than 100 Boxer Heavy Weapon Carrier vehicles, built in Brisbane.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese witnessed the signing of the agreement by Ambassador to Germany Philip Green and...
78 additional Bushmasters for ADF
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The Australian Government has signed a $160 million contract with Thales Australia to deliver an additional 78 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles for the Australian Defence Force.
Bushmasters will continue to be manufactured in Bendigo, Victoria, with the first delivery expected in 2024.
Bushmasters are integral to Australia's mil...
Australian government to sovereignize radar firm CEA Technologies
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The Australian government announced on 27 April that it plans to acquire a majority stake in Canberra-based defence radar manufacturer CEA Technologies to secure the company's “critical sovereign capability”.
The government said it will become a non-controlling shareholder in CEA in July by paying an undisclosed sum for the minor...
Australia closer to exporting Boxer heavy weapon carrier vehicles to Germany
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The Albanese Government has taken a significant step towards securing a major defence export deal, for Boxer heavy weapon carrier vehicles made in Queensland for the German Army.
The Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Pat Conroy MP, and his German counterpart, the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defence, Mr Thomas Hi...
BAE launch Australia’s first domestically designed, manufactured and armed VTOL UAS
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STRIXTM is a collaboration with Perth-based Innovaero and was launched at the 2023 Avalon Airshow in Geelong, Australia. The collaboration brings together our global expertise in autonomous platforms and its vehicle management system (VMS) technology with Innovaero’s knowledge of aeronautical product design and manufacture in the Australian m...
HIMARS means Australian Army will likely grow by one new artillery regiment
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For the first time in its history, the Army will have the ability to accurately hit surface targets hundreds of kilometres away with guided missiles.
The high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) will be acquired as the first land-based, surface-to-surface missile system, which will be a component of Defence’s future long-range strike...
Government covers up failure to deliver capability by re-announcing HIMARS and NSM decisions
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Breathlessly repeated by large sections of the Australian media, the January 5 joint statement by Defence Minister Richard Marles and Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy is old news – literally. Prime contractor for the Naval Strike Missile – Norway’s Kongsberg – announced on April 5, 2022, that they had been selected...
Ghost Shark a stealthy ‘game-changer’ for RAN
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An autonomous robotic undersea warfare vehicle is being designed and manufactured in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy.
Its name - Ghost Shark - was revealed on December 12 at Anduril Australia, which is collaborating with Navy and Defence Science and Technology Group on the project.
The collaboration was made possible by...
Government admits further delay before deciding LAND 400 Phase 3 vehicle tender
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The Australian Government will consider the findings of the Defence Strategic Review before deciding on the tender for the LAND 400 Phase 3 Infantry Fighting Vehicle project.
The Review will make recommendations on priorities for investing in Australia’s defence capability and posture, to meet the nation’s security challenges over th...
