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Wednesday, September 9, 2026

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Govt Policy & News

Australia announces $2.4 billion spending for air and missile defence

Rettungsstationen Ukraine

Support

Aspen Medical advances frontline blood-product innovation in Ukraine

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Sea

Australian Army procures next-gen military bridging capability

RNZAF 90 3k hours

Air & Space

RNZAF’s NH90 sets 3,000 flight-hour milestone

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Industry News

KONGSBERG marks two years in Australia’s Global Supply Chain Program

LAND

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Leonardo signs serial production deal for Centauro II with Brazilian Army

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American Rheinmetall delivers Lynx XM30 combat vehicle prototype to US Army

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Rheinmetall receives first order for modular camp

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KONGSBERG to deliver remote weapon systems to Canada

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Elbit Systems unit to launch THMS mobile battlefield networking platform

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ALERT: APDR Land Forces Issue – Bookings Close 31 August

Visionary machines

Visionary Machines wins Singapore deal for autonomous platform

Rettungsstationballistischgeschuetzt

Bundeswehr orders further mobile rescue stations from Rheinmetall

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AIR & SPACE

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Australia announces $2.4 billion spending for air and missile defence

RNZAF 90 3k hours

RNZAF’s NH90 sets 3,000 flight-hour milestone

Hypersonix Gilmour 2

Gilmour Space and Hypersonix partner to advance Australian hypersonic capability

Boresight drone at Konsberg event in Europe

Boresight wins record North American military order from repeat customer

StrikeMaster at NATO

StrikeMaster deployed to NATO exercise in northern Europe

Korean Air Thai

Korean Air partners with Thai Aviation Industries for military MRO

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ASELSAN’s TOLUN munition family demos deep-strike capabilities

SPECTRO 2

Elbit Systems wins deals for ISR and targeting payloads

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American Rheinmetall delivers Lynx XM30 combat vehicle prototype to US Army

SEA

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Australian Army procures next-gen military bridging capability

The Anzac class frigates HMAS Stuart (front) and Parramatta (back) in Sydney, Australia

Australia investing more than $129 million to support Anzac-class ships

GE Aerospace will supply LM2500+G4 gas turbines to S. Korean Navy

Israel Drakon

TKMS sends INS DRAKON submarine on its way to Israeli Navy

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Q-CTRL demos maritime GPS-free quantum gravimetric navigation

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HMAS Stuart joins 2026 Regional Presence Deployment program

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EGS Australia christens optionally crewed Fremantle 02

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Lloyd’s Register wins Austal contract for Australian Army landing craft program

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Anti-nuke group ICAN Australia raises safety concerns over Henderson site

JOINT PROJECTS

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Kalyani Strategic Systems partners with FN Herstal on small arms, counter-UAS...

Media Release Li S Energy and EPE join forces to power allied defence with Australian batteries Sept.26

Li-S Energy and EPE join forces to power allied defence with...

SoldierOn2021

Soldier On and Invictus Australia sign new support deal for vets

Anurup Pavuluri, Managing Director , Ananth Technologies signed MOU with Chairman , BEL , Bangalore

Ananth Technologies and BEL sign MoU for defence and aerospace systems

Japan’s defence expenditure

Australia-Japan laser project wraps field trials

Kratos 800 test engine

GE Aerospace and Kratos’ GEK800 engine wins US contract

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QinetiQ, CEA Technologies to play crucial role in UK and Australian...

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Rolls-Royce expands partnership with Marand, creates Canberra regional defence HQ

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Lockheed Martin Australia joins forces with Australian Submarine Agency

GOVT POLICY & NEWS

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Australia announces $2.4 billion spending for air and missile defence

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Australian Army procures next-gen military bridging capability

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APDR News in Brief 09 September 2026

APDR Podcast Episode 152 with host Kym Bergmann

The Anzac class frigates HMAS Stuart (front) and Parramatta (back) in Sydney, Australia

Australia investing more than $129 million to support Anzac-class ships

Victoria Barracks looking East

RSL NSW calls for vets to save ‘spiritual home’ of Australian...

CYBER SECURITY

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Fortinet: Turning operational technology cyber risk into operational resilience

Australia cyber reserve

Australia’s cyber experts called to serve

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CrowdStrike: AI now embedded across modern adversary operations

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VIEWPOINT: What Washington’s new AI rules mean for APAC

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Nozomi Networks joins Anthropic’s Project Glasswing

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Global AI fellowship launches in Western Australia

IT

APDR Podcast Episode 152 with host Kym Bergmann

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Grist Mill and RAVEN Intelligence partner on data intel platform

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SentinelOne adds Prompt Security to IT product list

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IFS: Workforce capacity gap being filled by agentic digital workers in...

Australia cyber reserve

Australia’s cyber experts called to serve

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Elbit Systems unit to launch THMS mobile battlefield networking platform

SIMULATION & TRAINING

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BMT launches Maritime Autonomous Systems e-learning course

StrikeMaster at NATO

StrikeMaster deployed to NATO exercise in northern Europe

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Super Garuda Shield 2026: Paratroopers open field training with airborne jump

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Lockheed Martin demos new battle manager suite for Guam

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Eggler Institute strengthens Australia–US defence cooperation with new programme

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Ocean Software to support SkyAlyne for Canadian Air Force training

SUPPORT

Rettungsstationen Ukraine

Aspen Medical advances frontline blood-product innovation in Ukraine

Team Australia

Invictus Australia Sports Festival 2026 headed to Perth

MTC

American Rheinmetall wins Kongsberg contract for MCT-30 turret components

Korean Air Thai

Korean Air partners with Thai Aviation Industries for military MRO

2023 Defence Blood Challenge Launch

Defence personnel roll up their sleeves for annual blood drive

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AMC taps Dassault Systèmes to support GWEO work

INDUSTRY NEWS

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Australia announces $2.4 billion spending for air and missile defence

Rettungsstationen Ukraine

Aspen Medical advances frontline blood-product innovation in Ukraine

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Australian Army procures next-gen military bridging capability

RNZAF 90 3k hours

RNZAF’s NH90 sets 3,000 flight-hour milestone

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KONGSBERG marks two years in Australia’s Global Supply Chain Program

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APDR News in Brief 09 September 2026

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EDITOR PICKS

Australia announces $2.4 billion spending for air and missile defence

Rettungsstationen Ukraine

Aspen Medical advances frontline blood-product innovation in Ukraine

RNZAF 90 3k hours

RNZAF’s NH90 sets 3,000 flight-hour milestone

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