Weststar Defence Industries has entered into a Strategic Joint Venture Agreement with Australian aerospace and defence technology company Rocket Technologies International to establish new joint venture companies in Malaysia and Australia.

The second online event for the collaboration between Australian Defence Magazine Women in Defence and National Security Network and Women in Defence UK was hosted by both organisations on 24 June 2026 | Kirra Davey

Southern Launch has won a $25 million funding round led by an Australian national security investment firm, Brindabella and Company, and the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation.

The US Department of State has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia for the purchase of F/A-18F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft training and related equipment.

Airbus has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Kawasaki Heavy Industries to analyse opportunities to work on a Japanese anti-submarine warfare variant of the U950 Eurodrone.

We’ve had two big defence funding documents from the Government in quick succession. The first, the 2026 National Defence Strategy (and its supporting Integrated Investment Program) sets out the big picture over the coming decade | Marcus Hellyer

Australian shipbuilder Austal, Curtin University and the Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre have commenced a $600,000 collaborative research project to unlock new additive manufacturing opportunities.

Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy says the new Defence Delivery Agency won’t just be version 2.0 of its predecessor, current Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group | Max Blenkin

The Australian Defence Force has arrived in Hawaii for the world’s largest international maritime exercise, Exercise Rim of the Pacific 26.

ANT61 has delivered its Beacon hardware to a US defence systems integrator for a mission scheduled to launch aboard a United States Space Force flight in Q1 2027.

On 18 June, the RAAF held a farewell event for the last Australian Defence Force flight of a CT-4A training aircraft prior to it being returned to the History and Heritage Branch | Grant McHerron

Eighty Australian Defence Force personnel will deploy across Japan, Hawaii, Guam, and Australia to test their response to security challenges in the Pacific for Exercise Valiant Shield.

Gilmour Space has appointed former NASA Deputy Administrator, astronaut, and retired US Air Force Colonel Pamela Melroy to its Board of Directors.

The Australian Department of Defence has awarded a contract to supply specialist detection tools under the Joint Counter Explosive Hazards Program to EPE.

Tokyo is considering setting up a Japanese version of the US Foreign Military Sales program as it steps up efforts to become a major defence supplier, according to statements from Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi | Corey Lee Bell

Systems Engineering & Assessment, part of Cohort plc Group, has won a funding contract from UK Defence Innovation for the 2025 AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge.