The government has announced the appointment of Major General Natasha Fox as the inaugural Chief of Personnel in the ADF.

Dr Dietmar Tourbier has been appointed Director of Energy at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, following a competitive international recruitment search.

A defence journalist has been arrested in India over espionage charges, with the country’s investigative agency accusing him of passing on state secrets to a foreign intelligence agency.

Defence has established a new national research and innovation centre dedicated to solving Operating in Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Environments (OCE) challenges.

To try and stop people leaving the NZDF, the Ministry of Defence announced a NZ$419 million investment into wages over the next four years, with service personnel receiving between NZ$4,000-15,000 from 1 July.

Exercise Bersama Shield – a bi-annual military exercise between the five nations in the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) – concluded in Malaysia on Friday.

More than 240 Australian Defence Force and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade personnel have returned from New Caledonia after participating in Exercise Croix du Sud 2023.

More than 600 students in years 4-6 across Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and New South Wales will benefit from the Beacon program this year, which involves in-school learning and intensive STEM focused camps.

Defence manufacturer Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions’ Queensland artillery shell plant has made its first international shipment to Germany as the factory moves towards full-rate production.

Australian industry is at the forefront of Defence capability enhancement and growth which drives the imperative for strong recordkeeping and fluency across the relevant regulatory requirements.

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has completed its deployment in support of Exercise Balikatan 2023 in the Philippines.

The government has today revealed it will invest $3.4 billion over the next decade to establish the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), transforming Australia’s defence innovation ecosystem.

Electro Optic Systems has announced that its EOS Defence Systems business has secured a second conditional contract to supply up to 50 Remote Weapon Systems to Ukraine, including ammunition, spares, and related services.

The news that this year’s Talisman Sabre exercises off Australia will be the biggest yet and include the largest number of participating countries to date marks significant multilateralization of what was previously a mainly US-Australian exercise.

EuroTorp and Europe’s Organisation for Joint Armaments Cooperation (OCCAR) inked a deal in late February covering in-service support for the MU90 Impact Lightweight Torpedo. The deal was also significant for Australia’s relationship with OCCAR.

Lest we forget.