The caretaker Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, announced the UK's Defence Investment Plan on 30 June 2026. The plan has featured parts on the UK's commitment to AUKUS and the UK-Australia defence partnership | Kirra Davey
The Australian Government has released the 2026 Defence Industry Development Strategy, outlining how the government claims it will strengthen Australia’s sovereign defence industrial base and boost self-reliance.
Sydney-based autonomous aviation company Carbonix has achieved Safety Assurance Integrity Level III certification for a drone.
In the latest round of the Defence Industry Development Grants program, more than $22 million has been awarded to 60 Australian businesses.
The government has released the third of its top-level defence documents for 2026, the Defence Industry Development Strategy, which features a series of targeted measures to grow Australia’s sovereign defence industrial base | Max Blenkin
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has assured defence industry that broad ranging defence procurement reforms starting on 1 July 2026 would deliver a smarter and more efficient customer who is more up for taking risks | Max Blenkin
Weststar Defence Industries has entered into a Strategic Joint Venture Agreement with Australian aerospace and defence technology company Rocket Technologies International to establish new joint venture companies in Malaysia and Australia.
We’ve had two big defence funding documents from the Government in quick succession. The first, the 2026 National Defence Strategy (and its supporting Integrated Investment Program) sets out the big picture over the coming decade | Marcus Hellyer
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy says the new Defence Delivery Agency won’t just be version 2.0 of its predecessor, current Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group | Max Blenkin
Eighty Australian Defence Force personnel will deploy across Japan, Hawaii, Guam, and Australia to test their response to security challenges in the Pacific for Exercise Valiant Shield.
Tokyo is considering setting up a Japanese version of the US Foreign Military Sales program as it steps up efforts to become a major defence supplier, according to statements from Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi | Corey Lee Bell
The Government will provide an additional $100 million in assistance to Ukraine for military equipment, as the country continues its fight against Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked invasion.
On the face of it, selling off unneeded, expensive to maintain defence property is a straightforward means to raise some $3 billion which can be directed to funding of personnel and new capabilities in these uncertain times | Max Blenkin
Four administrative districts in north-west and central-west South Korea have been selected to host a new Defense Innovation Cluster, various official Korean sources announced on 14 June | Corey Lee Bell
The Australian Defence Force’s ability to respond to domestic security threats will be put to the test as part of Exercise Austral Shield.
Japanese information technology firm NTT Data has won a ¥4.7 billion Ministry of Defense contract for trialling two-way communication between stand-off missiles and low earth orbiting satellites | Corey Lee Bell
