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Author: Posted by Brian Hartigan

An EOS Mk2 remote weapon station firing at Wide Bay Training Area, Queensland. Photo by Trooper Jonathan Goedhart.
Australian News Science & Technology 

EOS secures second contract for Ukraine

26/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1653 Views 0 Comments Ukraine

Electro Optic Systems (EOS) today announced it has secured a second conditional contract to supply up to 50 Remote Weapon

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United States Marine Corps and United States Army High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems perform a live firing drill at Plains Airfield during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019. Photo by Leading Seaman Craig Walton.
ADF News 

$19billion for long-range strike under Defence Strategic Review

26/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2026 Views 0 Comments Defence Strategic Review

The government is committing $4.1 billion to acquire more long-range strike systems and manufacture longer-range munitions in Australia, as prioritised in

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Sergeant Beau Wright, 7th Brigade Commander's XI Cricket Captain, prepares for the annual Anzac Day Shell Green match against the Brisbane Lord Mayors XI. Photo by Major Roger Brennan.
ADF People Veterans 

Cricket match honours famous event at Gallipoli

25/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1832 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Captain of the ADF cricket team, Sergeant Beau Wright, will lead the 7th Brigade Commander’s XI against the Brisbane Lord

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Eldest son firefighter Ronan Boyd, father then Corporal Andrew Boyd, mother Lieutenant Anthea Boyd, daughter Cadet Lance Corporal Layla Boyd and youngest son Cadet Under Officer [now Recruit] Jahan Boyd, on ANZAC Day last year. Photo by Heather Barnes.
ADF People 

Family’s tradition of service continues

25/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1336 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Biloela may be one of Queensland’s smaller country towns but it has a big Anzac Day heart with proud traditions

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Australian soldiers use an explosive breaching charge to blow open a doorway at the Baturaja Training Area in Indonesia during Exercise Wirra Jaya. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
ADF News 

Deployable ADF Weapons Technical Intelligence laboratories contract

25/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1772 Views 0 Comments

An Australian company will ensure ADF personnel working with explosive devices on operations have a safe laboratory capability to operate

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Leading Seaman Joel Turley onboard HMAS Choules. Photo by Able Seaman Jasmine Moody.
ADF People Videos 

From the depths of the ship to flying ops

25/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1905 Views 0 Comments

Leading Seaman Joel Turley’s career has taken him from the depths of the ship to the open air. CAPTION: Leading

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A pair of Air Force F35-A Lightning aircraft conduct a flypast over HMAS Hobart during Exercise Tasman Shield. Photo by Petty Office BT Matchett.
Australian News 

Australian defence-industry reps disappointed with DSR

24/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6867 Views 4 Comments Defence Strategic Review

Australia’s peak industry body representing small and medium defence-industry companies – Australian Industry and Defence Network (AIDN) – says it

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Hobart-class guided missile destroyer HMAS Sydney strikes a land target with a Harpoon surface-to-surface missile during Exercise Pacific Vanguard 2022. Story by Lieutenant Carolyn Martin.
ADF News 

Key extracts from the Defence Strategic Review

24/04/202303/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5712 Views 3 Comments Defence Strategic Review

CONTACT’s quick read of the Defence Strategic Review pulled out the following key points [with paraphrased extracts contained in square

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An American HIMARS in action. Story by Private Nicholas Marquis.
ADF News 

Defence Strategic Review – long-awaited public version published

24/04/202327/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4551 Views 10 Comments Defence Strategic Review

The Albanese Government today released the public version of the Defence Strategic Review, the government’s response to the review, and

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Australian Army Lance Corporal Matthew Troup, from B Squadron, 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers, on Exercise Waratah Run, Singleton, NSW. Photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
ADF People 

Ex Trooper Troup living a full life

24/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2146 Views 0 Comments 1/15RNSWL, 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers

You could say Lance Corporal Matthew Troup lives a full life – when not crunching numbers on Australia’s renewable energy

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The Commonwealth contingent during Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II state funeral. Photo by Corporal John Solomon.
ADF News UK 

ADF support for King’s Coronation in London and Australia

24/04/202324/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3322 Views 0 Comments Coronation

Australian Defence Force personnel will join military representatives from across the Commonwealth to undertake important ceremonial duties for the Coronation

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Uncategorized 

DEFENCE STRATEGIC REVIEW 2023 – unformatted

24/04/202303/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3859 Views 0 Comments Defence Strategic Review

Following is the full text of The Australian government’s response to the Defence Strategic Review 2023, copied and pasted here

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The Montevideo Maru
Australian News Pacific Veterans 

Wreck of Montevideo Maru found

22/04/202322/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3719 Views 3 Comments Montevideo Maru

The shipwreck that represents Australia’s largest loss of life at sea has been discovered more than 80 years after it

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ADF News Veterans 

Petition calls for protected identity status to be enduring

22/04/202322/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4685 Views 0 Comments Protected Identity Status

Veteran Support Force boss Heston Russell has called on veterans and the wider community to sign a petition calling for

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Army Trooper Lisa McIntyre 'out bush' during Exercise Waratah Run at Singleton, NSW. Photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
ADF People 

Childcare worker stuns coworkers with Army side gig

21/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2078 Views 0 Comments

When talk turns to what Trooper Lisa McIntyre does at weekends, her workmates sometimes struggle to comprehend the Sydney childcare

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ADF People News Personal stories Veterans 

Invictus Games Athlete Profile – Brooke Mead

21/04/202321/04/2023 Brooke Mead 3834 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2023

ADF service: I joined the Royal Australian Navy as a Communication Information Systems Sailor at age 18 in 2012. As a

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An Australian Army gunner from the 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery and a French Army soldier scale the six-foot wall during a military skills competition as part of Mission Jeanne d'Arc held at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville, Queensland. Photo by Lance Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.
Australian Army Europe News Videos 

French soldiers enjoy tough visit to Townsville

21/04/202324/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3026 Views 0 Comments

The French ship Dixmude made its first visit to the Port of Townsville as part of Mission Jeanne d’Arc, an

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Corporal Dannielle Tasker at Russell offices in Canberra. Photo by Kym Smith.
ADF People 

Corporal Dannielle Tasker – repping Army’s ServeOn work initiative

21/04/202321/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1808 Views 0 Comments

In July 2021, Corporal Dannielle Tasker knew it was time to try something different. CAPTION: Corporal Dannielle Tasker at Russell

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Lance Corporal Angus Brownlie and members of 6th Engineer Support Regiment receive gifts from students of the Etas Grace Primary School in Port Vila after completion of Operation Vanuatu Assist 2023 engineering works. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.
ADF News Pacific 

Operation Vanuatu Assist officially ended

21/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2756 Views 0 Comments Operation Vanuatu Assist

The Australian Defence Force has concluded its support to Vanuatu under Operation Vanuatu Assist 23 with more than 100 tonnes

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Corporal Michael Niemiec at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Taylor Anderson.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

35 Squadron nurtures aviator innovators

20/04/202320/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1575 Views 0 Comments No. 35 Squadron

Lockout tools, bullets and hydraulic pump locks to aid C-27J Spartan maintenance have been designed by the aviators from the

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