The Irish Naval Service has named the two Inshore Patrol Vessels bought from New Zealand the LÉ Aoibhinn and the LÉ Gobnait.

archTIS announced that the company has signed an agreement with Penten to provide Kojensi as part of a solution for an unspecified Australian national security agency. 

Austal Australia's collaborative Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial project has successfully completed Sea Acceptance Trials of the autonomously operated vessel, Sentinel, during March and April 2024.

AML3D has signed a $240k contract with DSTG to provide components for testing in marine applications.

Macquarie Government announced that is has been added to the Information Communications Technology Provider Arrangement (ICTPA) panel.

In September 2023 Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy announced that the Albanese Government is “taking steps to ensure Australia has one of the most advanced maritime patrol and response aircraft fleets in the world” | Nigel Pittaway

The Royal Navy’s latest Astute Class submarine has been officially named at BAE Systems’ Submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

Aerobond has announced that the company's manufacturing headquarters in Woodville, South Australia, is undergoing a fit-out process.

Two units who work closely together, one British and one from the Royal Australian Air Force, have both been allocated the same squadron numberplate in a joint parade and naming ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

When the ‘Loyal Wingman’ project was unveiled by then-Defence Minister Christopher Pyne at the 2019 Avalon Airshow, it was described by Defence as the “first combat aircraft built in Australia” since World War II | Ben Felton

Declaration of final operational capability (FOC) for the RAAF’s fifth-generation F-35A stealth fighters, once planned for December 2023, is now dependent on delivery of the final nine of the 72 aircraft that Australia is acquiring | Julian Kerr

Underwater sustainment and biofouling management services for the Royal Australian Navy will be delivered by Babcock Australasia and Franmarine as part a new $10 million contract.

The United States Department of Commerce has announced that Australia and the United Kingdom are being provided with a national exemption from the Export Administration Regulations.

In an era of relentless cyber challenge to Defence, the new head of the Defence Digital Group says his organisation needs a new paradigm, new technology and a different structure | Max Blenkin

Despite considerable investment in both money and effort over the past 60 years, work to clear the coastlines of Belgium and the Netherlands of sea mines and unexploded ordnance shows no sign of slowing down | Nigel Pittaway

Western Australia’s defence industry is currently estimated to contribute more than $3 billion a year to the state’s economy. According to government agency Defence West, that figure is expected to double within the next decade | Julian Kerr