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Gilmour Space Technologies is launching a new suborbital flight test service in Australia aimed at commercial and defence customers that require hypersonic speeds above Mach 5.

The Royal Australian Navy has selected a new light landing craft built by The Whiskey Project Group for Pacific Support Vessel ADV Reliant.

The Airbus A330 MRTT has achieved a world first aviation milestone by completing an automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) flight test campaign in night conditions.

The Minister for Defence Industry, Pat Conroy, announced that the initial phase of Project Land 8710 - Littoral Manoeuvre Vessels - had been formally approved by government on 23 July.

Defence has awarded Ventia Australia the base services contract for firefighting services worth $564 million.

Australian defence SME Alkath Group and UK-based MSubs have announced a new collaboration aimed at 'revolutionising' maritime autonomous system capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region.

Applications are now open for the eighth round of the Defence Innovation Partnership’s Collaborative Research Fund (CRF), with grants of up to $150,000 available.

A mixed force of French, German and Spanish fighters touched down at RAAF Base Darwin on Sunday, after completing a trans-Pacific deployment.

The government is promoting export opportunities for Australian defence industry through an expansion of the Global Supply Chain (GSC) program.

HMAS Sydney fired a Naval Strike Missile for the first time on 18 July as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024. 

HMAS Melville will be decommissioned on 8 August after 24 years of service in the Royal Australian Navy.

The NIOA Group has announced its expansion into the United Kingdom. 

The Alliance for Defense Tech, Talent, and Innovation and the Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium have entered a partnership with the Defence Teaming Centre.

Periscope Capital Partners has launched its presence in the UK as part of the Australian British Chamber of Commerce’s Defence Catalyst 2024 | Ewen Levick

Saab Australia is expanding its office in Rockingham, Western Australia, to accommodate personnel attached to its naval combat systems business.

Lockheed Martin Australia has rebranded its Science, Technology, Engineering Leadership and Research Laboratory (STELaRLab) as Advanced Systems and Technologies.