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Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency has signed an agreement with Airbus Helicopters on crewed-uncrewed teaming capabilities with the H225M Medium Lift helicopter.

The first cohort of Australian Army sappers have commenced training on new combat engineering vehicles.

Embraer has announced during the 55th edition of the Paris Air Show that Portugal has decided to acquire a sixth KC-390 Millennium aircraft.

NextDC has announced a $2 billion commitment to develop M4 Melbourne — a next-generation digital campus at 127 Todd Road, Port Melbourne.

Over 30 defence industry participants have completed the three-day Defence Trailblazer Entrepreneurial Foundations for Defence Intensive event in Adelaide.

The Australian made and designed autonomous aircraft, MQ-28A Ghost Bat, has soared to a major capability milestone.

Navantia Australia has signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with the Defence Science and Technology Group to advance innovation, science, and technology research in support of the Royal Australian Navy’s surface fleet. 

Airbus has announced that the first A400M military transport aircraft for the Indonesian Air Force has rolled out of the paint shop at the Final Assembly Line in Seville, Spain.

The US Defense Department has launched a review of the AUKUS agreement | Max Blenkin

Vocus and Telesat have announced that Vocus will build Australia's first Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit Landing Station. 

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In a new class: SSN-AUKUS

Naval Base Point Loma in California was the venue for an announcement by then President Joe Biden, then UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian PM Anthony Albanese about plans to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines | Mark Ayton

Space Machines Company and the University of Technology Sydney have announced the creation of an Australian industrial-scale spacecraft manufacturing facility and renewed their partnership for a further three years.

Pat Conroy delivered an address to stakeholders at a recent industry forum in his first official engagement since being reappointed as Minister for Defence Industry and Capability Delivery | Liep Gatwech

The Royal Thai Air Force has chosen Saab's Gripen E/F as its new future multirole fighter.

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Major Projects under the microscope

Defence is making it even more difficult to track progress of the acquisition of new equipment, withholding key information on 20 of the 21 procurement projects considered in the Australian National Audit Office Major Projects Report | Max Blenkin

Hanwha has passed a regulatory milestone in the United States to increase its current 9.9 per cent equity position in Austal Limited to 19.9 per cent.