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.

The capability that aided Lockheed Martin Australia’s formation outside of the United States, the Tactical Air Defence Radar System, has reached 20 years of sustainment | Kirra Davey

Having recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Nowra support facility for the Royal Australian Navy’s fleet of Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk maritime combat helicopters, Sikorsky Australia is now set for further sustainment-led growth | Julian Kerr

Western Australia’s homegrown spacecraft program will be expanded to deliver satellite missions that support school, industry and research engagement thanks to new support from the WA State Government.

Defence’s administration of the Strategic Domestic Munitions Manufacturing contract has been only partly effective, providing limited assurance that value for money had been achieved, the Australian National Audit Office has found | Max Blenkin

The Australian Government has announced an additional contract under the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s Mission Syracuse.

In partnership with the Royal Australian Air Force, Lockheed Martin Australia marks two decades of sustaining the AN-TPS-77-based Tactical Air Defence Radar System, a capability that underpins the nation’s ground based air and missile defence.

Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat has participated in Exercise Valiant Shield alongside various joint and coalition aircraft becoming the first and only collaborative combat aircraft deployed to a multinational, joint operational exercise, Boeing claims.

Stärke Advanced Manufacturing Group, in partnership with Flinders University, has expanded its Additive Manufacturing capability at its Camden Park facility through the addition of three Renishaw AM400 laser powder bed fusion systems.

The caretaker Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, announced the UK's Defence Investment Plan on 30 June 2026. The plan has featured parts on the UK's commitment to AUKUS and the UK-Australia defence partnership | Kirra Davey

The 2026 ADM South Australia Defence Summit, held at the Adelaide Convention Centre on 7 July, underscored the state’s involvement in the creation of a sovereign naval shipbuilding and sustainment capability | Nigel Pittaway