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.
Joint media release Minister for Defence, The Hon Christopher Pyne MP Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Marise Payne
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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Australia’s transformative Naval Shipbuilding College has been officially opened. The College will deliver a coordinated, national approach to workforce development and skilling for our naval shipbuilding enterprise.
The Defence Industry Internship Program is now taking applications. The program supports small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in defence industry to harness the highly skilled Australians needed to support the Australian Defence Force in protecting Australia and its national interests.
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Joint media release Senator The Hon. Linda Reynolds CSC, Assistant Minister for Home Affairs
Australia’s national security has been significantly strengthened today with the commissioning of the second Australian-built Hobart class guided missile destroyer, HMAS Brisbane.
STS Young Endeavour and her world class youth development program were on show today when Minister for Defence Personnel Darren Chester met with the youth crew in Sydney Harbour.
THE fourth Invictus Games draws to a close tonight, ending a week of sporting and personal victories for more than 500 competitors from 18 nations across the world.
THE healing power of adaptive sports to help ex-serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel will be adopted as a key measure to support the wounded, injured and ill (WII) community, with the announcement of a ‘sports cell’ by the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel, Darren Chester today.
Joint media release The Hon Christopher Pyne MP, Minister for Defence Australian Army special operations military working dog ‘Kuga’ has been posthumously awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal for conspicuous gallantry at a ceremony in Canberra today.
Joint media release The Hon Darren Chester MP, Minister for Defence Personnel Australian Army special operations military working dog ‘Kuga’ has been posthumously awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal for conspicuous gallantry at a ceremony in Canberra today.
Joint media release Minister for Defence, The Hon Christopher Pyne MP Rheinmetall Defence Australia has announced its first major Australian supplier contract for the production of its 211 Boxer 8x8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles for the Australian Army.
Joint media release Minister for Defence Industry, The Hon Steven Ciobo MP Rheinmetall Defence Australia has announced its first major Australian supplier contract for the production of its 211 Boxer 8x8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles for the Australian Army.
THE healing power of adaptive sports to help ex-serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel will be adopted as a key measure to support the wounded, injured and ill (WII) community, with the announcement of a ‘sports cell’ by the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel, Darren Chester today.
