Babcock, Leonardo team up on Canadian aircrew training
Babcock and Leonardo, two leading international aerospace, defence and security organisations and military training providers, announced the signing of a Teaming Agreement that will see Babcock Canada and Leonardo Canada come together to provide a solution for Canada’s Future...
CAE supports US Army High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System
CAE announced that CAE Defense & Security has been awarded a contract from Leidos on the Department of Defense’s Sentinel task order for a dedicated Full Flight Simulator (FFS) in the Bombardier Global 6000/6500 configuration at the Dothan Training...
Navantia Australia creates new naval research centre in Tasmania
The University of Tasmania’s Australian Maritime College (AMC) will soon be home to a new Naval Research Centre in Launceston, consolidating Tasmania’s position at the forefront of maritime research and innovation.
An agreement signed AMC and Navantia Australia marks a...
Serco receives three-year extension of HMAS Watson contract
Serco has been awarded a three-year contract extension to continue providing high-quality simulator-based maritime warfare training and training support services at HMAS Watson, Sydney. This extension, awarded to Serco after a successful rebid in 2020 and 10 years of...
Australian Army trains with Fiji armed forces in Exercise Coral Warrior
The Australian Army has completed another successful round of partnered training with the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) during Exercise Coral Warrior in Fiji. Commander 1st Division Major General Jake Ellwood said the annual, bi-lateral training activity aims...
Chief of Defence Force welcomes new trainees
The Chief of the Australian Defence Force, General Angus Campbell, officially welcomed the Australian Defence Force Academy’s (ADFA) newest trainee officers at the annual CDF Parade. The parade is a traditional marking of the trainee officers’ successful transition from...
Iridium Announces Operation Pacific Waves
Following the success of Operation Arctic Lynx (OAL), Iridium is expanding its partnership-driven field demonstrations to the Indo-Pacific Region Iridium Communications Inc. today announced Operation Pacific Waves (OPW), a series of partnership-driven field exercises involving more than 20 organizations. Focused on the...
Nova Systems gives students air in Flight Lab
Aerospace engineering students in Queensland are taking flight during their degree, as part of a specialist course provided by global engineering and defence company Nova Systems. Nova Systems has spent the past five years providing the Nova Systems Flight...
Exercise Highball showcases land-based maritime strike capability for Defence
Exercise Highball has successfully concluded in Lancelin, Western Australia with the live fire of long-range land-based rocket artillery against a maritime target. A combined Australian Joint Operations Command and United States Indo-Pacific Command initiative, the exercise used a range...
New A$800 million training plan for North Queensland
Australian company CPB Contractors has been awarded the contract to deliver the first phase of works for a new defence training area near Greenvale in North Queensland, creating hundreds of jobs and helping the region’s economy recover from COVID-19....