The Royal Australian Navy has deployed a Maritime Task Group to join the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and United States Navy off the coast of Japan for the trilateral mine counter measure, Exercise Hyuga Nada.
I will travel to Thailand for the sixth ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) before visiting Japan for bilateral defence discussions and defence industry engagement.
Australian Defence Force (ADF) members leaving full-time service will be better supported during transition and into new employment under a new contract Defence has signed with Right Management Consultants Pty Ltd.
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) replenishment ship HMAS Sirius has arrived in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, as part of Navy’s second East Asia Deployment for 2019. Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC said the visit is representative of Defence’s strong and deepening ties with Vietnam.
Today Assistant Defence Minister and Minister for International Development and the Pacific, the Hon Alex Hawke MP, formally launched the Australia Pacific Security College in Canberra.
Joint media release Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel, The Hon Darren Chester MP A Royal Australian Air Force Spitfire wreckage from the Second World War has been gifted to the Northern Territory government.
Joint media release Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC A Royal Australian Air Force Spitfire wreckage from the Second World War has been gifted to the Northern Territory government.
The Royal Australian Navy now has one of the most capable and sophisticated amphibious deployment systems in the world, with the Fleet’s Landing Helicopter Docks achieving final operational capability. At 230-metres long and with a speed of more than 20 knots, the 27,500 tonne ships are home-ported at Garden Island, Sydney.
I have written to the Chief of the Defence Force regarding the support that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is providing to the bushfire fighting efforts.
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is working with emergency services, to assist with firefighting efforts in north-eastern New South Wales. As the Minister for Defence, I am focussed on ensuring the ADF are ready to provide additional support for the nation’s front line first responders.
The Australian Defence Force’s third Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD), NUSHIP Sydney, is on track to be delivered to the Navy in February 2020 after completing sea trials.
Joint media release The Hon Darren Chester MP, Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel The Royal Australian Navy’s ambitious growth and retention program has proven a success, with the Navy growing by more than 1,000 members in under two years.
Secondary school students across Australia are now learning more about career opportunities in the defence industry, as the Morrison Government steps up its campaign to attract the next generation of shipbuilders.
Joint media release The Hon Melissa Price MP, Minister for Defence Industry The Australian Government has today handed over the latest Guardian-class Patrol Boat RSIPV Gizo to the Solomon Islands at a ceremony in Henderson, Western Australia.
Joint media release Senator the Hon David Fawcett, Senator for South Australia The Australian Defence Force’s most advanced military aircraft and technologies will be on display at Adelaide’s RAAF Base Edinburgh at the 2019 Edinburgh Air Show.
Australian engineering students will now have more opportunities to experience working in defence industry in what is also a win for small businesses in the sector.
More than 100 defence skills industry leaders will gather in Perth this week to work on a plan to ensure Australia has the skilled workforce it needs to deliver the Morrison Government’s job-creating defence industry agenda.
New friendships will be forged over the next three weeks as young Indigenous men and women participate in adventure training with the soldiers of Adelaide’s 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (7 RAR).
Construction of a next-generation High Performance Computing Centre (HPCC) in Adelaide will kick off this month, with the awarding of a $57 million contract to South Australian-based company Hansen Yuncken.
More than 100 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel deploying to Iraq are being farewelled today in Darwin.
Joint media release Mr James Stevens MP, member for Sturt A South Australian business will partner with Defence to determine how space technologies can be used securely for military operations.
The Morrison Government has awarded $5.2 million to a Melbourne company to develop a system capable of improving the quality of images captured by drones.
Joint Media Release Senator Sarah Henderson, Senator for Victoria
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) will deliver tertiary education and training at the Australian Defence Force Academy for another seven years following the signing of a renewed partnership agreement.
Western Australians will be welcomed aboard HMAS Stirling at Garden Island in Rockingham on 2 November 2019 for the Royal Australian Navy’s 11th annual Port of Fremantle Maritime Day.
In a first for the Royal Australian Navy and the United States Navy, HMAS Brisbane has completed a live missile engagement. Using remote sensor data from the USS Stockdale and the Cooperative Engagement Capability, the combat system was tested against a range of challenging targets and tactical situations.
I will visit Washington DC from 30 October to 3 November 2019 on my first visit to the United States as Minister for Defence.
A Western-Sydney based company has picked up more work in the global F-35 program, off the back of a stepped-up campaign from the Morrison Government.
In a strong sign of the continued growth in Australia’s defence industry, a major defence manufacturing and testing facility was opened in Brisbane today.
I congratulate graduates from the Australian Defence Force Diving School’s first tri-service diver course. The new qualification replaces the Army and Navy single service SCUBA courses and will standardise the use of SCUBA Air diving equipment across the Australian Defence Force by teaching a common curriculum.
