Aurizn has announced the appointment of Jim McDowell as Chair of the Board.

Boresight has signed a lease for a new 812 square metre manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama; approximately 15 times the size of its current US site.

The 19th Australian Space Forum, presented by the Andy Thomas Space Foundation, will bring together international space agencies, defence figures, senior government and industry leaders in Adelaide on 21 and 22 July.

The Australian Army has conducted the first successful live-firing of AH-64E Apache helicopters on Australian soil.

Under the revisited project to acquire space communications, Defence plans to start out with a basic geostationary satellite capability to enter service quickly | Max Blenkin

The Royal Australian Air Force’s premier air combat exercise, Exercise Pitch Black, will take to the skies over northern Australia from 20 July to 7 August.

Japanese 3D printing construction technology start-up Serendix has released footage of successful ballistic tests on 3D-printed fortifications | Corey Lee Bell

Corsair uncrewed autonomous surface vessels produced by US company Saronic have been used to destroy a docked Iranian midget submarine at the Bandar Abbas Naval Base, the first US use of kamikaze boats | Max Blenkin

Bombardier Defense Global 6500 aircraft will support South Korea’s Electronic Warfare program. The Global 6500 aircraft was already selected to be the platform for the country’s Airborne Early Warning & Control program.

Western Australia Premier Roger Cook has revealed the new portfolio allocations for the WA Government following the retirement of former Minister Paul Papalia who was responsible for Defence Industries.

SeaTransport's 73m Matilda 1, an Australian-designed stern landing vessel under lease to support the US Marine Corps, has successfully undertaken beach landing trials in northern Australia.

The 2026 ADM Northern Australia Defence Summit was held at the Darwin Convention Centre on 28 April, and more than 400 delegates were in attendance to hear how important the north is to regional security | Kirra Davey & Nigel Pittaway

Planning for Australia’s largest military exercise – Talisman Sabre – is well underway, with international partners having the opportunity to meet with each other, and Australian planning colleagues, in Canberra recently.

Defence has awarded $6.2 million to three Australian-based companies as part of the 2025 AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge.

The Australian Army has reinforced its long-standing relationship with one of Australia's closest allies with the signing of the renewed Plan ANZAC.

Nova Systems has commissioned the satellite tracking ground station on the Cocos Island, providing infrastructure to support the Indian Space Research Organisation's landmark Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission.