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A-FLO Equipment has announced it has been awarded the contract to deliver 30 x 20 foot Mobile Workshop Containers to the Commonwealth, in partnership with Daronmont Technologies.

In the past five years or so Private and Venture Capital have become a feature of Australia’s defence industry landscape | Gregor Ferguson

On 24 July 2025, ADM held its second breakfast in the ADM Women in Defence and National Security Series, proudly hosted by CAE | Kirra Davey

The forward-deployed US Navy submarine tender USS Frank Cable and the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio have arrived in Brisbane, Australia, for scheduled port visits on 26 and 27 July 2025 respectively.

The tempestuous nature of AUKUS has brought forth questions of how Australia can build and maintain a local defence supply chain | Kirra Davey

Far from the halting and haphazard pitch to sell us submarines a decade ago, Japan has lifted its game in its bid to convince Australian decision-makers our new General Purpose frigate should be Mitsubishi’s Mogami | Max Blenkin

The Australian Government has awarded a further 40 grants to support Australian defence businesses.

Attendees at the Avalon International Airshow in recent years may have noticed a Tethered Unmanned Aerial System (TeUAS) hovering over the staff compound, which appeared to be part of the Australian Defence Force presence | Grant McHerron

SYPAQ has signed a partnering agreement with the International Test Pilots School in Canada.

The government has announced a raft of drone and counter-drone systems acquisitions under Land 156, including a Ukrainian drone detection system used on the front lines | Ewen Levick

A US HIMARS vehicle has flown to Christmas Island aboard a Canadian CC-177, offloading and then conducting a simulated mission firing a long range PrSM missile | Max Blenkin

South Korea will seek Washington’s cooperation to develop or acquire nuclear-powered submarines | Corey Lee Bell

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US to base new fighters in Japan

Based at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, the US Air Force’s 18th Wing has divested all its F-15C Eagles ahead of transition to the brand-new F-15EX Eagle II | Mark Ayton

By the time you read this what may have been the case at the time of writing might have changed beyond recognition. The only certainty at present is change – lots of it, and mostly unpredictable | Gregor Ferguson

Defence and the government are preparing new versions of the National Defence Strategy and Integrated Investment Program, drawing on lessons from conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East | Max Blenkin

Nova Systems has signed an agreement with Canada’s International Test Pilots School to develop and deliver advanced aerospace and uncrewed systems flight training.