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Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Waller sails in company with HMAS Warramunga during the inaugural Australian Submarine Command Course off Australia's east coast. Photo by Able Seaman Jarryd Capper.

Two officers pass inaugural Australian Submarine Command Course

03/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2918 Views 0 Comments Australian Submarine Command Course

Australia has successfully launched a sovereign training program to produce its own next generation of submarine commanders, with two Royal

An internal view of the Space Surveillance Telescope inside its dome at Harold E. Holt Satellite Sensor Site facility near Exmouth, Western Australia. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.

ADF Australian News USA

Space Surveillance Telescope in Australia reaches IOC

01/10/202201/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2417 Views 1 Comment The Space Surveillance Telescope

The Australian Defence Force, in collaboration with the United States Space Force, have achieved Initial Operational Capability to provide enhanced

SIG Sauer's MCX in .300 Blackout calibre [7.62×35mm] [a sub-sonic round] has been selected as the ADF's new personal rifle to replace the 5.56mm Steyr. Photo Sergeant Tristan Kennedy.

ADF News

ADF brings more 7.62mm into service

01/10/202208/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 39230 Views 57 Comments Accuracy International AX-SR, Barrett M107A1, Benelli M3A1, SIG Sauer MCX, Sig Sauer P320

EDITOR’s NOTE: I have edited my headline and photo caption to correct my assumption that the SIG Sauer MCX would replace

Head Maritime Systems Rear Admiral Wendy Malcolm speaks to graduates and guests at the graduation ceremony of the Defence Industry Pathways Program at the South Metropolitan TAFE, Western Australia. Story by Phillip Morton. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey.

ADF News Royal Australian Navy

Graduates on the pathway to success

30/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1535 Views 0 Comments Defence Industry Pathways Program (DIPP)

Twenty-seven trainees from the Defence Industry Pathways Program’s first two intakes capped off a year of hard work with a

ADF News Veterans

Government responds to Suicide RC interim report

30/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1220 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

The Albanese Government has responded to the 13 recommendations of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide’s Interim Report.

Australian Army soldiers from 10 Force Support Battalion await the arrival of a Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle during Exercise Sea Raider 2022 at Cowley Beach, Queensland. Photo by Corporal Cameron Pegg.

ADF Asia News

Australia and Indonesia conduct joint exercises in Townsville

30/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2147 Views 0 Comments Exercise Sea Raider

Two large-scale Army exercises came to a close in Townsville last week, with Australian and Indonesian military personnel participating in

HMNZS Manawanui arrives in Funafuti Lagoon as part of Operation Render Safe 2022. Photo bu Petty Officer Christopher Weissenborn.

ADF News Pacific USA

Op Render Safe contingent identifies UXOs for later disposal

30/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2018 Views 0 Comments Operation Render Safe

A combined contingent from the Royal Australian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, and United States Marine Corps

New Zealand Defence Ferns showed their prowess by thrashing NZ Police Women 80-0 in 2020. NZDF photo by Corporal Vanessa Parker.

ADF Europe New Zealand News Pacific UK

Inaugural women’s International Defence Rugby Competition

24/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2053 Views 0 Comments Women's Rugby

The New Zealand Defence Force will next month welcome military women’s rugby teams from the Pacific and around the world

The Commonwealth contingent marching as part the official farewell to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in London. Photo by NZDF Corporal Dillon Anderson.

ADF New Zealand News UK

Commonwealth contingent proud to march at Queen’s funeral

20/09/202220/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3504 Views 0 Comments Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022

Australian and New Zealand Defence Force personnel have completed their farewell to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in London overnight,

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales speak with Australian Army officer Captain Joshua Downs, who will march in Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's State Funeral on 19 September. Photo by Corporal John Solomon.

ADF News UK

ADF UK contingent meet new Prince of Wales

17/09/202217/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2647 Views 1 Comment Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022

The Prince and Princess of Wales have expressed their gratitude to Australian Defence Force members training for Monday’s funeral service

The commonwealth contingent passes Buckingham Palace during an early morning rehearsal for the Queen's funeral procession. Photo supplied by New Zealand Defence Force.

ADF New Zealand News UK Videos

ADF and NZDF rehearse for Queen’s funeral

16/09/202216/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3206 Views 0 Comments Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022

Forty Australian Defence Force and 24 New Zealand Defence Force personnel will represent our Southern Hemisphere nations in the United

Australian Defence Force and Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission personnel begin sorting and loading ballot papers for PNG's 2022 election, at the Air Transport Wing – Port Moresby. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.

ADF Australian News Pacific Videos

ADF assistance for PNG elections concludes

16/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1910 Views 0 Comments Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Australia’s operation to support Papua New Guinea’s 2022 national election has now concluded. FILE PHOTO (June 2022): Australian Defence Force

ADF News Veterans

Suicide Royal Commission delivers interim report

14/08/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1983 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

Commissioners, Nick Kaldas (Chair), James Douglas and Peggy Brown presented the Interim Report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran

US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln leads a fleet of multi-national ships in formation during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Photo by Corporal Djalma Vuong-De Ramos.

ADF News

ADF caps off biggest RIMPAC yet

06/08/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3480 Views 0 Comments RIMPAC

The Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) participation in the world’s largest international maritime exercise has come to an end. CAPTION: US

Founders of cyber security business InfoSect which won funding through the Next Generation Technologies Fund to develop its cyber security tool, BOGONG. Story by Edwina Callus. Photo from Thorson Photography.

ADF News Science & Technology Sovereign industry

Small business has big future

05/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1964 Views 0 Comments DST

Funding through Defence’s Next Generation Technologies Fund (NGTF) has helped a small cyber security start-up grow its business from being

ADF Australian News

Defence Strategic Review 2022

03/08/202203/08/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3403 Views 14 Comments

The Albanese Government has announced details of a Defence Strategic Review, including the Terms of Reference and the independent leads

Australian soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan aboard a Bushmaster. Photo by Corporal Bernard Pearson.

ADF News Science & Technology

$75million upgrade for Bushmasters

18/07/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3780 Views 1 Comment

Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy has announced government approval for a land-force-level electronic-warfare project valued at nearly $75million. FILE

Chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell, AO, DSC. Photo by Nicole Mankowski.

ADF Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Veterans Videos

CDF outlines ADF support to Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide

15/07/202217/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2571 Views 3 Comments Chief of Defence Force, Suicide Royal Commission

It has been 12 months since the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide began its work. CAPTION: Chief of

The James Cook University team work on their autonomous vehicle for the RobotX competition in November. Story by Edwina Callus. Photo Supplied.

ADF News Science & Technology

Robotics showdown heading to Sydney

02/07/202210/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2152 Views 0 Comments DST, Robotics, RobotX

Aspiring robotics specialists from around the world will converge on Sydney later this year to take part in the 2022

Australian Defence Force officer Lieutenant Colonel Tim Warner lays a wreath during Fiji's Infantry Day commemoration service at Vilu War Memorial, Solomon Islands. Story and photo by Corporal Julia Whitwell.

ADF Lest We Forget News Pacific

Pacific family gathered in remembrance

01/07/202204/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2132 Views 0 Comments Republic of Fiji Military Forces, Solomon Islands, Victoria Cross, WWII

Solomons’ International Assistance Force (SIAF) personnel gathered for a memorial service to mark Fiji’s Infantry Day on June 23. CAPTION: Australian Defence