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Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, and Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Steven Ciobo MP, today welcomed the opening of the inaugural AIR4 event which aims to encourage young women to see the value in pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) studies.
The Government is investing in innovation to support a smarter and stronger Australian Defence Force (ADF) to keep Australians safe and secure. Five Australian businesses have been awarded contracts with a combined value of more than $12 million to further develop their innovative technologies to support the ADF.
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The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will showcase the Combined Military Bands of the ADF, the Pipes and Drums of the ADF, and Australia’s Federation Guard during performances at the 2019 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Sydney.
The Liberal-National Government is backing small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help build the nation’s sovereign capability to keep Australia safe and secure.
The Australian Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Switzerland to strengthen defence materiel and industry cooperation.
Defence is hosting a major demonstration of trusted autonomous systems in and around Jervis Bay on the New South Wales south coast.
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Minister for Defence Personnel Darren Chester MP, today announced six servicemen will be recognised for their actions as part of Sparrow Force in Timor during World War II.
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The Royal Australian Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessels will be named the Arafura class, with the first ship entering service in 2022 being named HMAS Arafura.
A rare opportunity for Australians to go behind the scenes, see world-class technology and consider a career as a submariner is on offer following the launch of a National Submariner Tour and Competition today.
Today I visited TAE Aerospace’s Turbine Engine Maintenance Facility (TEMF) site in Bundamba, south-east Queensland, which will support in-country sustainment of Australia’s fifth-generation fighter jets. Defence will be a major, but not exclusive, customer of the new facility near Ipswich when it begins operating from July next year.
New export opportunities will open up for Australian defence industry businesses, with Leidos joining the Global Supply Chain (GSC) Program as its newest prime contractor.
MINISTER for Defence Personnel Darren Chester today announced the identification and burial of two World War One (WWI) Australian soldiers, previously recorded as missing.The soldiers can now be identified as Lance Corporal James Leonard Rolls and Private Hedley Roy MacBeth, of the 24th Battalion Australian Imperial Force.
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The annual Australia-Vietnam Defence Ministers’ Meeting was held in Sydney today. The meeting focused on shared regional interests and challenges, and celebrated 20 years of bilateral defence relations.
THE Australian public is being asked to participate in compiling an updated Roll of Honour listing the 300 Australian Navy personnel who gave their lives in the First World War.
Minister for Defence, The Hon Christopher Pyne M Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, The Hon Michael McCormack MP
MINISTER for Defence Personnel Darren Chester today announced that two unknown Australian soldiers were buried on 6 November 2018 at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium.
This week I will visit Indonesia to support the 20 Australian businesses exhibiting at the Indo Defence Expo and Forum 2018 as part of the Team Defence Australia delegation.
The Australian Defence Force will be better supported following the opening of a new, high-tech facility in Sydney. The Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, officially opened Safran Electronics and Defense Australasia’s new state-of-the-art workshop in Sydney’s south today.
Dr Andrew Piotrowski has been awarded the 2018 Minister’s Award for Achievement in Defence Science for developing life-saving equipment against improvised explosive devices (IED).
In a first for our respective navies, HMAS Hobart has successfully tested a communications capability, proving her ability to share sensor information and real-time combat system data with the United States Navy.
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