Helicopters-There is nothing wrong with Tiger and Taipan – the problem is Defence logistics
This startling conclusion is the culmination of several years of effort to find out why Australia has had disproportionate problems keeping our 22 Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters (ARH) and 47 Taipan Multi-Role Helicopters (MRH) flying. Other countries have nowhere...
US submarine tender anchors in Australia
Australia has welcomed the United States of America’s submarine tender, the USS Emory S. Land to Darwin for a port visit. Emory. S. Land’s Commanding Officer, Captain Brent Spillner, and his crew were welcomed by Commanding Officer of HMAS...
HIMARS price increase doesn’t add up
On August 18 the State Department notified Congress of a HIMARS sale to Australia valued at US $975 million ($1.529 billion) for 22 launchers and associated rockets. The price of a similar package in May 2022 for 20 launchers...
Australia’s Department of Veterans’ Affairs and TechnologyOne join forces in a major digital transformation...
The Australian Government’s Department of Veterans’ Affairs and TechnologyOne have joined forces to deliver on a transformational three-year, $7 million technology upgrade which will help to better support war veterans, the Australian Defence Force, the Australian Federal Police and...
Australian Army issues call for projects to improve littoral ops
The Australian Army is calling on defence industry and academia to pitch innovative capabilities to optimise the soldier for littoral operations as part of Army Innovation Day 2024 (AID24). AID24 is a strategic collaboration between the Advanced Strategic Capabilities...
UPDATED: Ukraine requests unwanted Army Taipan helicopters
Technicians are currently – and in secret – disassembling all 45 Army Taipan Multi Role Helicopters and will bury the components on a Defence site. Worth around $20 million each on the second-hand market, the decision has been taken...
Australian Army blocks Taipan helicopters for Ukraine to cover up their own failures
The truth is finally starting to come out. It took only 90 seconds and two questions from Senator David Fawcett to Foreign Minister Penny Wong to confirm what many have long suspected – the only thing between desperately needed...
Netherlands defense expenditure to reach $31.2 billion in 2029
The Netherlands aims to improve military readiness and contribute more to NATO following worries about the return of high-intensity warfare in Europe and the future of transatlantic security cooperation. Faced with mounting concern regarding the stability of the rules-based...
Australian Lynx KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicle unveiled for Land 400 Phase 3 program
Rheinmetall has unveiled the first of three Lynx KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicles designed, developed and manufactured for the Commonwealth of Australia’s $AUD18.1 billion (11.1 MrdEUR) Land 400 Phase 3 program. Lynx is a next generation tracked, digitised and highly protected...
JP 9102 – ADF TO ACQUIRE NEXT GENERATION SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY
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ADF TO ACQUIRE NEXT GENERATION SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY
Even as the ADF’s ongoing satellite-based communications programmes are winding their way through the acquisitions and roll out process, Defence is already taking the next steps as the future battlespace will be...
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