Frequentis C4i has announced it has been under contract for over eight months to provide multi-domain communication systems for the Australia Defence Force’s next-generation Air 6500 Joint Air Battle Management System.

Finland’s Ambassador to Australia, Arto Haapea, is preparing to lead the Nordic country’s first-ever defence industry delegation to Australia during the 2025 Avalon Air Show | Ben Felton

DroneShield has opened a new Sydney headquarters with the help of the Minister for Defence Industry and Capability Delivery, Pat Conroy.

Bell Textron has delivered six Bell 412EP helicopters upgraded with its BasiX-Pro Glass Cockpit Retrofit Kit to the Indonesian Army Aviation. 

The first F-35 deployment from the United States to the US Marine Corps’ Japan-based aviation forces has occurred.

Boeing Defence Australia has secured a $569 million contract for the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail surveillance aircraft.

Cirrus has announced it has obtained an extension to its support services subcontract with Jet Aviation Australia for its Air Combat Officer Training System (ACOTS).

Lockheed Martin has announced that the global F-35 fleet has flown for over one million hours. 

Logistics officials from the Royal Australian Air Force and the United States Air Force have toured Australia’s north with the aim of identifying strategically relevant bases.

The Japan Self Defense Forces have placed an order with Boeing for 17 CH-47JA Block II Chinooks Extended Range helicopters. 

Having recently won a contract to supply its Vector Small Unmanned Aerial Systems to Army, Quantum Systems Australia is on a growth path, as ADM’s Ben Felton found out at the recent Land Forces exhibition in Melbourne.

RAAF airbases around Australia are home to fleets of very expensive aircraft, all vulnerable to attack by small inexpensive uncrewed aerial systems (UAS or drones) of the type which have changed the face of modern warfare in Ukraine | Max Blenkin

Defence has begun a 12-month pilot program at RAAF Base East Sale, during which a variety of Australian Defence Force aircraft will trial the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel.

The Royal Australian Air Force's third MQ-4C Triton, A57-003, has wrapped up testing at Northrop Grumman's Palmdale facility and will now transit to Naval Air Station Patuxent River for calibration testing.

In November last year, ADM reported on Navy’s decision to purchase Edge 130 Blue Uncrewed Aerial Systems from US-based Red Cat Holdings. Now, new information has come to light.

The US Navy has disclosed that the service declared initial operational capability for the F/A-18 E/F Infrared Search and Track Block II system in November 2024.