Air

Aviation Australia and Boeing Defence Australia have announced the establishment of the Townsville Aviation Training Academy, set to open in January 2026. 

The formal opening of the New Zealand Defence Force's P-8A Poseidon Hanger and Mission Building marks over five years of Nova Systems involvement in the P8A Project Team. 

Taiwan has conducted preliminary tests on launching an unmanned aerial vehicle from an attack unmanned surface vessel, according to Taiwanese press reports | Corey Lee Bell

Leidos Australia has, according to the company, become the first organisation to award nationally recognised qualifications for fixed-wing aircrew training, as an approved Registered Training Organisation.

Northrop Grumman has delivered Australia’s second and third MQ-4C Triton aircraft.

The US has approved an upgrade for Australia’s MC-55A Peregrines, even before the first aircraft is delivered | Nigel Pittaway

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Defence and autonomous systems

On Sunday 1 June, several Russian trailer truck drivers were delivering wooden cabins to addresses across the country. En route, all received calls from the businessmen who had booked their services | Ewen Levick

Sydney eVTOL manufacturer AMSL Aero is helping the ADF expand Australia's defence capability | Steve Hitchen

Half a century ago, the RAAF and also Qantas joined one of the great humanitarian missions at the end of the Vietnam War | Max Blenkin

Attendees at the Avalon International Airshow in recent years may have noticed a Tethered Unmanned Aerial System (TeUAS) hovering over the staff compound, which appeared to be part of the Australian Defence Force presence | Grant McHerron

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US to base new fighters in Japan

Based at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, the US Air Force’s 18th Wing has divested all its F-15C Eagles ahead of transition to the brand-new F-15EX Eagle II | Mark Ayton

South Korea is still considering the E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft despite media reports that Boeing has dropped out of the competition | Ewen Levick

Babcock Australasia and US-based PteroDynamics Inc. have showcased unmanned aerial system technology to the Australian Defence Force.

Lockheed Martin Australia has appointed Air Commodore (Retd) Phil Gordon, as the new International Strategy & Business Development Director of Rotary and Missions Systems for Australia and New Zealand.

Shield AI continues to increase its presence in Australia as the company opened their new facility in Melbourne on July 1.

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.