General Atomics AeroTec Systems GmbH has successfully conducted comprehensive overhaul services on a Do228 of Bangladesh Navy and transferred the aircraft back to Chattogram, Bangladesh at the end of January 2026.

The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation to invest $28.45 million in test and measurement company Liquid Instruments. 

Defence company Thales is set to construct another 268 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles for the Australian Defence Force in a deal worth $750 million | Max Blenkin

Meghan Quinn has been appointed by the Governor-General as the new Secretary of the Department of Defence.

CAE has announced it has been awarded a five‑year Training Systems Technical Support contract with the Commonwealth of Australia.

Now in its 23rd year, ADM’s annual Congress was held at the Hyatt Hotel in Canberra on 18 February | ADM Staff Writers

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 | Nigel Pittaway

The heads of police, military, customs and immigration agencies from across 24 jurisdictions will convene in Brisbane this week at the eighth annual Joint Heads of Pacific Security meeting.

The Australian Government has selected the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System and the Precision Strike Missile, investing $2.3 billion over the decade and delivering a second long‑range fires regiment at the Edinburgh Defence Precinct in South Australia.

A sub-system payload of TEMPO, the compact optical atomic clock developed by QuantX Labs, is now in orbit following its 30 March launch aboard the SpaceX Transporter-16 mission with French space mobility company Exotrail’s Spacevan002.

The NT is set to become home to unmanned stratospheric surveillance and communications relay aircraft that are capable of staying aloft for up to 90 days and able to provide persistent coverage of large areas of the Earth’s surface | Nigel Pittaway

Nova Systems has marked ten years of continuous support to Lockheed Martin Australia’s Pilot Training Systems for the Australian Defence Force.

Lockheed Martin Australia has grown its Black Hawk helicopters sustainment industrial base to more than 200 strong workforce, embedded across Holsworthy, Brisbane, and Oakey.

Saab Australia has appointed Mark Wallis as General Manager Systems Delivery Group to lead the organisation’s naval combat systems capability delivery to the Royal Australian Navy.

Australia is set to supply 3,500 new Australian Combat Assault Rifles to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, along with improvements to armouries to ensure they are securely stored | Max Blenkin

School of Information Operations and Grayline Sdn Bhd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Defence Services Asia exhibition, reaffirming their commitment to collaborate on operationally focused training in Malaysia.