At face value, Australian defence industry is optimistic of winning MRO work under the terms of a bilateral agreement with the US but, after more than a decade, very little of this work has actually flowed across the Pacific.

BAE Systems Australia and the employer association Ai Group will launch the nation’s first degree apprenticeship program at the start of the 2023 academic year.

The first three of 20 Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles (PMVs) departed RAAF Amberley aboard an RAAF C-17A Globemaster on 8 April enroute to their ultimate destination in Ukraine.

Defence has signed a $41 million contract with Varley, based in Tomago in NSW, to secure critical upgrades that will support Defence personnel while on operations.

The government has committed a further $81.4 million to a key grant program.

From 1 July 2022, the Defence Innovation Hub will seek submissions for innovations that will strengthen specific defence capabilities in the areas of guided weapons and explosive ordnance, integrated air and missile defence, and undersea warfare.

The new ACT Health Centre at Duntroon was officially opened yesterday and will provide high quality health care in a modern, well-equipped facility to Defence members in Canberra and the surrounding NSW region.

Although the estimated value of Australian defence export permits in FY 2020-21 dipped to around $2.7b and 3,600 applications, total value in 2021-22 is expected to improve as industry continues to adjust to challenges stemming from the pandemic.

Defence has confirmed to ADM that Tony Fraser has resigned as the head of Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG).

The government is giving Australia’s defence industry the opportunity to put forward innovative proposals on how it can play a key role in the way Defence tests and evaluates its equipment.

Advanced digital design and visualisation technologies are at the heart of a landmark new initiative called “Innovation Central Adelaide” being launched virtually by Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price.

As Disaster Relief Australia (DRA) launches the largest operational commitment to date in support of flood recovery operations, it is asking Defence businesses to volunteer the time of their highly capable and skilled workforces to help.

In recent years there has been increasing interest in the dark arts of Electronic Warfare as militaries become increasingly reliant on the Electro-Magnetic spectrum and step up efforts to deny or disrupt an adversary’s use of the same.

Defence research underway at the University of Southern Queensland has been recognised with the University granted membership to the Federal Government’s Defence Industry Security Program (DISP).

Under the proposed $38 billion plan, the number of ADF personnel will increase by around 30 per cent by 2040, taking the total permanent ADF to almost 80,000 personnel.

The Eggler Institute of Technology (EIT) has entered into a partnering agreement with the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) to deliver a broad range of specialist defence education and training courses though the NDIA Business Institute.