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Brisbane soldiers bid farwell ahead of Iraqi deployment

Friends and family of the nearly 300 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel about to deploy to Iraq on Operation OKRA said their goodbyes during a parade at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane today. The ADF contingent, bound for the Taji Military Complex 20km north of Baghdad, consists primarily of…

Lifesaving REDWING SILVERSHIELD units for Afghanistan

Defence has engaged Brisbane-based Australian industry supplier, L3-Micreo to manage the production, manufacture and delivery of more than 14,000 additional life-saving SILVERSHIELD units to the Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces. SILVERSHIELD is a world class, vehicle-mounted force…

Group of Eight Defence Collaboration and Commercialisation Summit

9am on Tuesday 9 April 2019 at the University of Adelaide   Good morning everybody, and particularly to Professor Freshwater, my friend and colleague from Western Australia, Professor Rathjen and Ms Vicki Thomson, and distinguished guests. It's particularly wonderful to see so many people…

Construction of the Defence High Performance Computing Centre

Joint media release Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett A Defence High Performance Computing Centre is to be constructed at the Defence Science and Technology site in Edinburgh, South Australia. Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC and…

Navy Embarks on Major IT Overhaul

Joint media release Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC The IT equipment the Navy uses on its ships will receive a major overhaul worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, have announced the Government will…

RAAF receives latest P-8A Poseidon aircraft

Joint media release Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC   Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP and Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC have announced receipt of the…

Australian and Indian defence industry team-upon board HMAS Canberra

Thales Australia has signed a teaming agreement with Kalyani Group, an Indian auto ancillary and defence company, to compete for the upcoming close quarter battle carbine procurement for India’s Ministry of Defence. The agreement was signed on board HMAS Canberra in Vishakhapatnam, India.…

Australia welcomes next two F-35A Joint Strike Fighter aircraft

Joint Media Release Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP Minister for Defence Industry, Senator to Hon Linda Reynolds CSC Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, together with Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC, announced the arrival of the…

Attack Class Submarine subcontract signed

Joint Media Release Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSCMinister for Defence Industry The first major equipment subcontract for the Future Submarine Program was signed today between Naval Group and MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH (MTU) for the design of the Diesel Generator Rectifier (DGR) for the Attack…

ARH Tiger support contract extension announced

Joint Media Release Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSCMinister for Defence Industry The Australian Government has announced an extension to Airbus Australia Pacific’s through-life support (TLS) contract for the Australian Army’s Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH). The ARH Tiger, first…

Guardian Class Patrol Boat gifted to Tuvalu

Joint Media Release Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSCMinister for Defence Industry The Australian Government’s recent boost to security in the Pacific has been demonstrated by the gifting of a Guardian-class patrol boat, the Te Mataili II, to the Government of Tuvalu today in Western Australia.…

New Chair of Defence CRC for Trusted Autonomous Systems

Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC, announced the appointment of Dr Michele Allan as the new Chair of the Defence Cooperative Research Centre for Trusted Autonomous Systems.  “Dr Allan is a highly regarded academic with an impressive business background and will…