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.

Ocius Technology has christened the first Bluebottle uncrewed surface vessel hull to be delivered under the Royal Australian Navy's $176 million Bluebottle Program of Record which was announced in March.

The Australian Government has signed an agreement with the Government of Canada to export an Australian Over the Horizon Radar system | Kirra Davey

BMT and Austal have signed a strategic agreement to provide scalable ship design and engineering capability, supporting the delivery of shipbuilding programs.

The Government will provide an additional $100 million in assistance to Ukraine for military equipment, as the country continues its fight against Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked invasion.