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Defence projects have blown out by at least $6.5bn placing even greater pressure on the federal budget, the government will reveal on Monday. The new figure – which comes before the promised nuclear-powered submarines have even been factored into the budget – has led the government to commit to “prudent” future management...

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Applications for inclusion in the 2023 edition of the Australian Defence Sales Catalogue are open to Australian defence industry companies. Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Pat Conroy MP, is encouraging Australian defence industry businesses to showcase their products and services to the world. The Australian Defence Sales Catalogue...

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Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Aircraft System has been rolled out today as part of a partnership between the Australian Department of Defence, the United States Navy and Northrop Grumman. Head Air Force Capability, Air Vice-Marshal Robert Denney, said the partnership would support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaiss...

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Defence Minister Richard Marles has given his strongest hint yet that Australia could purchase the in-development B-21 Raider. In an interview with The Australian yesterday, he was reported to have said the next-generation stealth bomber was “being examined”. It comes days after US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall surprisingly sa...

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Concerns are growing inside the Australian Army that its most expensive procurement project in history, to replace 60-year-old armoured personnel carriers with new infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), could be dramatically scaled back or even scrapped. Under project LAND 400 Phase 3, Defence is evaluating rival Korean and German options to build u...

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First of three 30 metre-long underwater drones capable of carrying weapons and diving up to 6,000 metres will be ready in a year. Three robotic submarines will be built at an undisclosed site on the shores of Sydney harbour within three years to help “mitigate” a looming capability gap, military technology company Anduril’s Pal...

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a comprehensive strategic review of the Australian Defence Force amid concerns about a "capability gap" in the country's armed forces. He said the review was aimed at ensuring the ADF was well positioned to meet Australia's security challenges over the next decade and beyond. &...

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The strategic and capability judgements outlined in the Australian government’s 2020 defence strategic update have superseded the Defence Department’s last force posture review released in 2012. The expectation that the Australian Defence Force will be tasked only with humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, security and stabilisation...

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Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Pat Conroy MP, has announced Government approval for the Land Force Level Electronic Warfare Project valued at nearly $75 million. The Project Land 555 Phase 6 will modify existing Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles and install Electronic Warfare systems into these vehicles. Minister ...

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The Royal Australian Air Force is set to receive an additional seven uncrewed MQ-28A Ghost Bat autonomous systems under an investment announced by the Australian Liberal party. The investment is worth A$454 million (US$316M) and builds upon A$150 million already invested into the program since 2017. The recently-renamed Ghost Bat program is t...