DroneShield has received a package of three standalone follow-on contracts for $61.6 million from a European military customer. 

Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force have, for the first time, deployed to and operated the MQ-28 collaborative combat aircraft at an operational Air Force base.

The Australian Missile Corporation has announced the appointment of Matthew Gibson as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Australian engineering company, CIVMEC, is to acquire shipbuilder Luerssen Australia from Naval Vessels Luerssen for A$20 million | Max Blenkin

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency has ordered two additional Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft. This expansion coincides with the formal accession of Sweden and Denmark to the MMF program.

The United Kingdom has unveiled its Strategic Defence Review 2025 (SDR), marking a decisive shift towards warfighting readiness in response to escalating global threats | Liep Gatwech

The Australian Army’s new fleet of Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk battlefield helicopters notched up a major milestone recently, with the declaration of Initial Operational Capability and the delivery of the 12 aircraft | Nigel Pittaway

Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) is well known to the Royal Australian Navy and local industry, having supplied the ANZAC frigates which were an earlier version of the MEKO 200 design | Grant McHerron

Bell Textron has delivered 40 Bell 505 helicopters to the Republic of Korea Army and Republic of Korea Navy.

Northrop Grumman’s latest MQ-4C Triton uncrewed multi-intelligence aircraft has undergone testing with the US Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command.

As prime contractor, Indra has delivered to the Australian Defence Force eleven Instrument Landing Systems and six Non-Directional Beacons across twelve sites.

The University of Melbourne and QinetiQ have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, with the hope of combining academic expertise with industry insights.

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.

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

Despite persistent warnings from both Coalition and Labor governments that Australia’s strategic environment is deteriorating, the Labor government has lost another opportunity to adequately fund defence for the challenges ahead | Max Blenkin