Tasmanian boat builder Sentinel Boats has won a Defence contract to deliver up to seven general purpose watercraft for Australia’s elite Special Operations Forces.

Lockheed Martin Australia has been selected as Australia’s preferred Virginia Class Submarine Combat System Integration Strategic Partner.

The Australian Government has awarded three Australian companies with contracts to develop new undersea navigation technology.

Century Engineering has become the first Australian business to secure export contracts into the United States naval nuclear supply chain — embedding Australian industry within the US industrial base.

The Australian Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Norwegian Government, to further support the acquisition and domestic manufacturing of missiles in Australia.

PteroDynamics has been awarded a contract by the Royal Australian Navy to supply Transwing vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft systems to support RAN’s autonomous maritime distributed logistics capabilities. 

Li-S Energy has secured the regulatory approvals required to airfreight its prototype lithium-sulphur cells from Australia to the United States.

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Aurizn and PMB Defence (PMB) have entered into a partnering arrangement in support of the UK nuclear submarine program.

Defence has convened a Project of Concern Summit in Canberra this week in relation to the Arafura class Offshore Patrol Vessel project.

General Atomics AeroTec Systems GmbH has successfully conducted comprehensive overhaul services on a Do228 of Bangladesh Navy and transferred the aircraft back to Chattogram, Bangladesh at the end of January 2026.

CAE has announced it has been awarded a five‑year Training Systems Technical Support contract with the Commonwealth of Australia.

Saab Australia has appointed Mark Wallis as General Manager Systems Delivery Group to lead the organisation’s naval combat systems capability delivery to the Royal Australian Navy.

The Government has taken a step towards delivering a larger and more lethal surface combatant fleet with contracts now signed for Australia’s first three general purpose frigates.

Australia has delivered the final Guardian-class Patrol Boat to the Republic of Maldives under the Defence Cooperation Program in an official handover ceremony at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia.

The Australian Government’s 2026 National Defence Strategy has confirmed that C2 Robotics’ Speartooth Large Uncrewed Underwater Vessel will be part of the Australian Defence Force’s force structure.