KC-10 air-to-air refuelling over Queensland
Media were invited to fly on a US Air Force KC-10 Extender air-to-air refilling tanker this week and CONTACT stringer
Read more
Overseas
Military news from around the world
Lockheed Martin to build more HIMARS
Lockheed Martin has been contracted to produce a new run of High Mobility Artillery Rocket System – HIMARS – launchers and associated
Read more
MinDef visits troops/leaders in Middle East
Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds visited Australian troops in the Middle East and met with key military and civilian leaders
Read more
HMAS Ballarat home from very successful Middle East mission
Family, friends and VIPs welcomed the return of Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Ballarat to Australia today following a highly
Read more
NZ Army hosts Senior Enlisted Leaders Conference
More than 50 senior non-commissioned officers from militaries in the Asia-Pacific Region gathered this week in Auckland for a conference
Read more
Aus MinDef address to an (undefined) English audience
FOR THE RECORD: REPRODUCED IN TOTAL – NO EDITING OR ANALYSIS (hell, I didn’t even read it – better things
Read more
HMAS Sirius gets confusing head start on six-month Pacific mission
A Defence press release issued today says Joint Task Force 637 and Her Majesty’s Australian Ship Sirius will arrive in Fiji
Read more
Australia increases commitment to Iraq/Syria
Australia will continue – and increase – its current contribution to support efforts by the US-led Global Coalition against Daesh
Read more
New Zealand names its 2020 INVICTUS Games Team
The New Zealand Defence Force has named its team to compete at the Invictus Games in The Netherlands next year.
Read more
Kiwis headed for Talisman Sabre 2019
More than 600 New Zealand Defence Force personnel, 27 New Zealand Army light armoured vehicles, three Royal New Zealand Air
Read more
Ballarat seizes suspected arms shipment
HMAS Ballarat has conducted a boarding of a dhow in international waters in the Arabian Sea, finding, seizing and destroying a cargo
Read more
100th anniversary of WWI peace treaty
Today marks a century of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending hostilities during the First World War
Read more
Task Group Taji 8 soldiers welcomed home
One-hundred members of Task Group Taji Rotation 8 touched down in Brisbane today following their successful deployment to Iraq. CAPTION: Australian
Read more
Sun smiles on 2019’s mid-year Duntroon graduation
Seventy-one Australian Army staff cadets graduated today in the 134th graduating class from the Royal Military College – Duntroon, alongside
Read more
NZ Navy officers observe Latin-American exercise
The New Zealand Defence Force is taking part in a multi-national maritime exercise in Chile focused on conducting combined naval
Read more
US and Aussie technicians allowed to fix each other’s C-17s
The United States and Australia have agreed on a cross-servicing arrangement for the repair and maintenance of C-17A Globemaster transport
Read more
Tonga gifted Guardian-class patrol boat – third in class
A new Guardian-class patrol boat built by Austal in WA was today gifted to the Kingdom of Tonga. FILE PHOTO:
Read more
Raytheon in new anti-drone partnership
Raytheon and Black Sage are partnering through a formal teaming arrangement to provide an integrated drone detection and mitigation system
Read more
‘Gamer-style’ control interface for Patriot missile defence
Raytheon engineers are integrating a ‘Warfighter-Machine Interface’, or WMI, into soon-to-be-fielded Patriot upgrades. Tom Laliberty, Raytheon Integrated Defense System’s Vice President
Read more
Airbus demos ‘Network for the Sky’ on MRTT
Airbus has successfully completed a flight demonstration of a connected airborne battlespace scenario, centred on a MRTT aircraft. The test
Read more