Joint media release Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC
Joint media release Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC, Minister for Defence
MINISTER for Veterans and Defence Personnel, Darren Chester has today announced the launch of Air Force’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strategy and action plan by the Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld AO, DSC, at the National Museum in Canberra.
The deployment of a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the Middle East has successfully concluded with the aircraft returning to Australia.
Australian troops are one step closer to the latest technology to combat the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), after the United States Congress was notified of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) request to acquire JCREW next-generation electronic countermeasure systems.
I am pleased to announce Naval Group has signed a subcontract with Babcock International Group PLC for the design of the weapon discharge system for the Attack class submarines.
I congratulate Warrant Officer Deb Butterworth OAM, CSM and Bar on her appointment to the role of Warrant Officer of the Royal Australian Navy.
Australian Defence Force members will benefit from a new health centre to be built at Simpson Barracks, Watsonia, as part of a $212.5 million national investment in defence health facilities.
Australian Defence Force members will benefit from a new health centre to be built at the Puckapunyal Military Area, as part of a $212.5 million national investment in defence health facilities.
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Joint media release with Member for Lindsay Melissa Mcintosh MP A $95 million defence project at Orchard Hills is set to begin construction this month after a Head Contractor was selected for delivery of the Naval Guided Weapons Maintenance Facilities Project.
Cutting edge 3D printing technology developed in Darwin will be deployed by the Royal Australian Navy in a world-first trial that will streamline the maintenance of patrol vessels.
The Minister of Defense of Japan, Mr. Kono Taro, and Australian Minister for Defence, Senator Linda Reynolds, committed to driving bilateral defence cooperation forward during Minister Reynolds’ first official visit to Tokyo on 20 November 2019.
A major international submarine search and rescue exercise has concluded off the coast of Western Australia.
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Soldiers from Darwin’s 1st Brigade have travelled to Indonesia to participate in Exercise Wirra Jaya 2019, a bilateral training exercise held annually with the Indonesian Army.
FROM 7-12 November 2019, Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel, Darren Chester visited the Middle East region and Cyprus to meet with Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and advance Australia’s defence engagement with key regional leaders.
Defence has signed a multi-million dollar contract with leading-edge Canberra company CEA Technologies Pty Ltd, for the supply of Army’s new short range ground-based air defence capability.
Joint media release with Minister for Defence Industry The Hon Melissa Price MP Defence has signed a multi-million dollar contract with leading-edge Canberra company CEA Technologies Pty Ltd, for the supply of Army’s new short range ground-based air defence capability.
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.
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.
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.
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.
