Air

Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force have completed demonstrations to prove the operational viability of the MQ-28 Ghost Bat Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

The Razer Low-Cost Precision Guided Munition has conducted another round of flight trials, directly striking multiple targets.

The Royal Australian Air Force has deployed EA-18G Growlers and F/A-18F Super Hornets to the Philippines for the first time as part of Exercise Alon 2025.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.'s aircraft, the YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft has conducted flight testing in coordination with the US Air Force.

Saab has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration and received an order for four Gripen E/F fighter aircraft from it for the Kingdom of Thailand.

Leidos Australia has been selected by the Joint Systems Division  of the Department of Defence, to deliver its Air Component Command and Control Capability System sustainment program.

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