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HMAS Brisbane is one of the Hobart-class destroyers in the fleet. Photo by Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey.
News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry 

Call for tenders for new-style fleet maintenance

31/10/202103/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1819 Views 0 Comments capability life-cycle manager

A call for tenders has been issued for a capability life-cycle manager (CLCM) to maintain Navy’s Hobart-class destroyers. CAPTION: HMAS

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Defence Science and Techonology Group's Bathiya Senanayake, left, and an RFTEQ team member testing the new Complex Adaptive Threat Jammer Technology system at DSTG Edinburgh, South Australia.
ADF News Science & Technology Sovereign industry 

New jamming tech proving successful

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2427 Views 0 Comments Defence Science and Technology Group, DSTG

Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) is working with South Australian start-up, RFTEQ, to develop jammer technologies capable of defeating

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Lance Corporal Craig Luchetta on Operation Victoria Bushfire Assist in 2009 when he was a private. Story by Flight Lieutenant Nick O’Connor. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Graham McBean.
ADF People Sovereign industry 

Reservist puts SKATERZ up after hectic career

31/10/202107/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2099 Views 1 Comment Army Reserve

Hailing from Melbourne’s northern suburbs, Lance Corporal Craig Luchetta was inspired to join the Army Reserve in 2006 after meeting

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Australian Army News Sovereign industry 

Rheinmetall submits best-and-final LAND400 offer – no details released

21/10/202121/10/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2697 Views 0 Comments

Rheinmetall has submitted the company’s Lynx infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) best and final offer for the Australian Department of Defence

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The first Evolved Cape-class patrol boat in the water after being launched. Photo by Austal.
News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry 

New patrol boat launched

20/10/202121/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 3022 Views 0 Comments

The first of six Evolved Cape-class patrol boats was recently launched at the Austal Ships shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia.

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The Multi-Function Aperture (MFA) program is calling for interested industry and academic organisations to help develop Australian-based and sovereign capabilities.
ADF Science & Technology Sovereign industry 

Call for partners on same wavelength

06/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1889 Views 0 Comments

Proposals are sought from academia and industry to develop next-generation prototypes and key subsystems of phased array antennas. CAPTION: The

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Australia's The Whiskey Project unveiled their latest watercraft – the WHISKEY Multi Mission Reconnaissance Craft (WHISKEY MMRC) – in Washington DC on 1 October 2021. Photo supplied.
Australian News Science & Technology Sovereign industry USA 

The Whiskey Project launches new boat in Washington

02/10/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4334 Views 0 Comments

Australia’s The Whiskey Project unveiled their latest Whiskey watercraft – the WHISKEY Multi Mission Reconnaissance Craft (WHISKEY MMRC) – to

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Soldiers from the 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) conduct a live-fire shoot from a Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicle at the Wide Bay Training Area, Queensland. Story by Captain Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Leading Aircraftman John Solomon.
Australian News Sovereign industry 

Thales Australia’s Lithgow facility to make Boxer weapon parts

30/09/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2934 Views 0 Comments

Thales Australia and Rheinmetall Defence have signed a contract to manufacture key components for the Rheinmetall MK 30-2 cannon for Boxer.

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Commanding Officer NUSHIP Stalwart Commander Steve McCracken, right, and Sub Lieutenant Kimberley Smith give a talk to employers and supporters of reservists on Exercise Boss Lift WA. Story by Lieutenant Mick Wheeler. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Damian Pawlenko.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry 

Bosses given a taste of life of a reservist

29/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1934 Views 0 Comments

Senior executives from Western Australian companies and organisations that support the ADF Reserves were given a taste of the life

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Major Jeff Martin, from No. 51 Far North Queensland Regiment, Paul Boag, Inloc CEO, Sergeant Kym Walker, of No. 51 FNQR and an Inloc employee, and Major Ben Lanskey, of Defence Reserve Support, at the award ceremony. Photo by Lieutenant Nic Hawkins
Australian Army News Sovereign industry 

Award for hiring reservists a bonus for employer

24/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1468 Views 0 Comments Army Reserve

Being recognised as a leading employer of Defence reservists in Queensland was never front of mind for Paul Boag, Chief

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Officer Commanding No. 92 Wing, Group Captain John Grime, front centre, stands with staff and personnel from Surveillance and Response Systems Program Office, No. 92 Wing and Boeing in front of P-8A Poseidon A47-006. Story by Bettina Mears. Photo by Corporal Brenton Kwaterski.
News Royal Australian Air Force Sovereign industry 

Significant Poseidon-fleet modifications complete

17/09/202121/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1934 Views 0 Comments P-8A Poseidon

A significant capability milestone has been achieved for the Royal Australian Air Force’s P-8A Poseidon platform. CAPTION: Officer Commanding No.

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Hanwha Defense Australia Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle (front) and Rheinmetall Defence Australia LYNX KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (back), conduct LAND 400 Phase 3 user evaluation trials at Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria. Photo by Corporal Sagi Biderman. 
Australian Army News Sovereign industry Videos 

Next-generation vehicles show their firepower

06/08/202107/08/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 4320 Views 1 Comment

The two contender vehicles for Australia’s soon-to-be-selected infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) (LAND 400 Phase 3 project) recently conducted a firepower

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Facilitator Cameron Turner shares his insights on transformational innovation at a D.Start Ignite guest speaker panel event held during the Land Forces exposition in Brisbane in early June. Story by Dr Jennifer Palmer.
ADF News Sovereign industry 

Program ignites innovative ideas

23/07/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1568 Views 0 Comments

The current participants in a program that links innovators with Defence and has led to the creation of 13 businesses

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ADF News Sovereign industry 

Graduate forum to address key industry challenges

23/07/202103/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1240 Views 0 Comments

Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and the Australian Council of

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Aircraft fitter Aircraftman Blake Schober, from No.11 Squadron, left, and Airbus maintenance team member Daiman Gordon inspect the fuselage of a P-8A Poseidon at RAAF Base Edinburgh. Story by Bettina Mears. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.
News Royal Australian Air Force Sovereign industry 

Industry link keeps Poseidon flying

16/07/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1958 Views 0 Comments

Strong Defence industry partnerships have been a critical element to the success and sustainment of the Air Force’s P-8A Poseidon

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Quickstep Aerospace Services employees are given a tour of a No. 37 Squadron C-130J Hercules during a visit to RAAF Base Richmond. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Corporal David Said.
News Royal Australian Air Force Sovereign industry 

Quickstep visits RAAF Base Richmond

29/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1691 Views 0 Comments

A visit to RAAF Base Richmond has allowed aerospace composites manufacturer Quickstep to see firsthand how it keeps the C-130J

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Private Shaun Causer, of the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, operates a simulated MAG 58 machine gun as part of convoy simulation training with the Protected Mobility Tactical Trainer at Robertson Barracks. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Corporal Rodrigo Villablanca.
Australian Army News Science & Technology Sovereign industry 

Bushmaster simulated training for future-ready force

29/06/202103/07/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2413 Views 0 Comments

The Protected Mobility Tactical Trainer (PMTT) is one of the latest innovations embraced by Army and is helping to achieve the

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HMAS Parramatta in the Captain Cook Graving Dock last year. The dry dock has been recognised as a National Engineering Landmark by Engineers Australia. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath.
History News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry 

Captain Cook Graving Dock rated ‘National Engineering Landmark’

24/06/202126/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2252 Views 0 Comments

The Captain Cook Graving Dock at Sydney’s Garden Island, built during World War II, has been recognised as a National

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Former Army technician Greg Maiden, left, is congratulated by Commanding Officer 5th Aviation Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Christopher McDougall after completing 5000 flying hours in the CH-47. Story by Captain Carolyn Barnett. Photo by Private Emily Mann.
Australian Army Sovereign industry 

Milestone for Chinook aircrewman

04/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 3279 Views 0 Comments

Former Army aviator and Boeing aircrewman Greg Maiden recently clocked up 5000 flying hours in CH-47 Chinooks at RAAF Base

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Reservist Private Izzy Kim, centre, with her civilian employer, manager Digital Analytics and Business Enablement at HCF Australia Hari Somayajula receiving a certificate of appreciation from Brigadier Mick Garraway. Story by Alex DeValentin. Photo by Corporal Dan Pinhorn.
Australian Army Sovereign industry 

Reservists’ employers thanked for support

25/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1665 Views 0 Comments

Civilian employers of ADF reservists have been recognised for their support throughout 2020 and into 2021 at a thank-you event at

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