Mitigating brain injury from blasts
Repeated low-level blast overpressure exposure in training is recognised as a workplace hazard – and Defence is implementing new measures to
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Author: Posted by Brian Hartigan
Infantry to field FPV attack drones
First-person-view strike drones will soon be part of infantry’s arsenal, with 5/7RAR aiming to field a fully integrated combat team
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Where does this leave the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC)?
If no action is to be taken by the RAAC’s leaders … the future is bleak, indeed! What needs to
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Forging ahead
The basement project is forging ahead, so to speak. Yes, I actually bought a forge this week – and set
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“1 Armd Regt” muddies future for Corps
Now that 1st Armoured Regiment no longer has an RAAC role, and 2nd Cavalry Regiment comprises a dual role unit
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Infantry DASH into new urban training
Australian infantry soldiers will be better prepared for urban warfare with the introduction of innovations such as the Dismounted Austere
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1 Armd Regt’s experimental repair shop
A small drone with a broken wing is retrieved from scrubland at Cultana and taken to a converted stores module
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Aussie Tigers prowl in Malaysia
Members of Task Unit Marlin and 2/30 Training Group contributed aviation and ground-based capabilities respectively to Exercise Keris Strike in
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Parade introduces new weapon system
The Australian Army officially brought its first protected mobile fires battery into service during a parade at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville,
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An epistle according to the Royal Australian Armoured Corps
Google advises that: “An epistle is a formal, elegant, or long letter. With a capital ‘E’, it refers to the
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RAAF and Army firefighters’ basic training
While red fireballs erupting above RAAF Base Amberley may be enough to make passing motorists take a second look, the
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First flight for autonomous logistics aircraft
RAAF’s Jericho Disruptive Innovation (JDI) team, in partnership with Brisbane-based RF Design, has completed the first long-range mission of an
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SAAB delivers deployable hospitals
Saab Australia has formally delivered Australia’s newest deployable military hospitals to the Australian Defence Force. FILE PHOTO: A Role 2
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Has Chief of Army decided yet what the future holds for 1st Armoured Regiment?
“The experiences of the Canadians and the Danes in their employment of tanks in Afghanistan highlight the impressive effectiveness of
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Australia orders AIM-260 advanced air-to-air missiles
Australia is acquiring the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM), investing almost $736 million to equip the Royal Australian Air
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Diggers and Bruneians share tactics
Building clearances, two-man assault drills and urban navigation were the focus of what Australian and Brunei troops traded during Exercise
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Counter-drone tech tested on Aussie exercise
Defensive anti-drone technology was put to the test by soldiers deployed on Exercise Austral Shield 2026 in Weipa, far-north Queensland.
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Osprey lands on HMAS Canberra
US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft from the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) recently undertook force integration training with
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Sun sets on Exercise Pitch Black 2026
Exercise Pitch Black 26 concluded on 7 August after three weeks of high-intensity air-combat training in the skies over Australia’s
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Concurrent projects
This week I tackle two projects at the same time. One involves heavy manual labour that tires an old man
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