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Australia’s new Hawkei Protected Mobility Vehicles have deployed into a warzone for the first time. Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, and Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today announced the Army had successfully deployed two Hawkei vehicles into the Middle East Region, as part of a Defence tria...

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Naval Group has released Expressions of Interest (EOIs) and Requests for Information (RFIs) for the Future Submarine Program’s (FSP) major equipment and common technologies. “We are seeking Australian companies to take part in the largest Defence acquisition project in Australia’s history, a project that will span 50 years,&rdq...

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The annual Minister of Defence Industry Awards of Excellence were presented at the Defence, Industry, National Security Forum in Wellington last night by Defence Minister Mark Mitchell. “I congratulate the winners, and all the finalists, in the various categories,” Mr Mitchell says. “They are an outstanding group of compan...

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The Turnbull Government has released Australia’s first Naval Shipbuilding Plan, outlining the nation’s largest ever programme of naval shipbuilding and sustainment. The plan includes a massive injection of funds - $1.3 billion - to develop vital infrastructure in the nation’s shipyards so that we can build the N...

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Australia's national shipbuilding program achieved a major milestone today of 'cutting steel' for the first replacement Pacific Patrol Boat (PPB) in Western Australia. Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, attended the historic ceremony at HD Plasma and Laser Cutting Services in Bibra Lake to celebrate the momen...

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The Department of Defence is conducting a series of Naval Shipbuilding Industry Briefings across regional Australia in April and May 2017. The briefing will focus on the next generation of naval surface ships; specifically the Future Frigate and Offshore Patrol Vessels, which represent a $40 billion investment by the Australian Government. &nb...

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Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has today launched the Defence Capability Plan 2016, detailing the $20 billion investment in capability needed out to 2030. The Plan is the next step in delivering on the Defence White Paper, released in June this year. “Since then the government has agreed to the procurement of an ice-strengthened nava...

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The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has again decided to hold its major military exercise in the West Coast, Tasman and Marlborough regions in late 2017. Planning for the exercise, called Southern Katipo, is being stepped up. The Exercise Director, Lieutenant Colonel Martin Dransfield, is scheduled to meet local authorities and community organi...

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The Australian Defence Force will have the most up to date night fighting equipment available after the Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP and the Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne today revealed the project has been given the green light. Mr Pyne said the first tranche of Night Fighting Equipment&nb...

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Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee says the Government has approved a Ministry of Defence and New Zealand Defence Force recommendation to request tenders for a new naval ship to support littoral operations. The announcement follows last month’s awarding of a $493 million contract to deliver a new naval tanker. The Littoral Operations Sup...