Dr Mark Patterson has won the 2015 Minister’s Award for Achievement in Defence Science.

Australian Defence Force personnel have deployed across the ditch to New Zealand for Exercise SOUTHERN KATIPO.

The defence industry has released a model demonstrating a continuous build of a fleet of twelve submarines which would assure the retention of Australian shipbuilding capabilities into the future.

The US has cleared a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan for Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft and associated equipment, parts and logistical support for an estimated cost of $US1.2 billion.

The Australian Antarctic Division and Royal Australian Air Force have successfully flown a joint operational mission to East Antarctica.

The US has reached an agreement with Australia to conduct bomber and tanker rotatations through Australia's RAAF Base Tindal in the NT.

The MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system has commenced its operational assessment that will be used to support the program’s review and entry into low-rate initial production.

The defence and commercial engineering division of Newcastle shipbuilder Forgacs has been acquired by Perth based Civmec, allowing the Singapore-listed company to establish an east coast headquarters.

The Australian community has the opportunity to shape the Royal Australian Air Force’s centenary activities which will occur in 2021.

With responses to the first phase of Land 400 under Phase 2 in the box, the following Phase 3 Mounted Close Combat Capability RFI was released on November 13.

A suite of new capabilities on-board an Air Force C-17A Globemaster were showcased in Canberra yesterday including the provision of Wi-Fi internet access to portable Defence-issued electronic devices.

DDG-1000 Zumwalt, with a displacement of nearly 15,000 tonnes and a stealth signature equivalent to that of a fishing vessel, is tipped to go to sea for builders trials within a month.

A RAAF E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning, control and surveillance aircraft has set a new record by flying a 17-hour operational mission over Iraq and Syria.

The most important naval exercise between Indonesia and Australia, the biennial NEW HORIZON, is currently taking place off Surabaya, Java with participants including HMA Ships Arunta and Sirius and ships of the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL).

A report has highlighted the concern held by the three bidders for the Sea 1000 Future Submarine program that detailed plans being formulated for their respective bids are being subjected to repeated hacking attempts by unnamed foreign countries.

General Dynamics has signed a $39 million contract from Defence for the production and delivery of the Improved Ribbon Bridge under the Land 155 program.