Defence to invest $176 million in the Ocius Bluebottle Uncrewed Surface Vessels capability, with the company to deliver 40 Bluebottles. This will place Australia’s Bluebottle fleet as one of the world’s largest sovereign USV fleets.

Defence Trailblazer has launched its DINAMIC Innovation & Entrepreneurship program for 2026.

Invictus Australia has announced its intention to submit a formal bid to host the Invictus Games in Australia in 2031, marking the beginning of a coordinated effort to bring the Games back down under. 

Australian companies EarlyBirds and DMTC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enable and accelerate defence-focused innovation, strengthen sovereign industrial capability, and improve the transition of emerging technologies.

The University of Technology Sydney has won a major contract as part of a Defence investment program to strengthen the Australian Defence Force’s decision-making capabilities through advanced digital technologies.

Kongsberg and Thales engineering teams have jointly analysed telemetry and instrumentation data collected during the recent live-firing of a Naval Strike Missile test munition from the StrikeMaster missile launch vehicle in Norway.

Bechtel Infrastructure Australia has been appointed by the Government as the design services consultancy to undertake master planning of the Henderson Defence Precinct in Western Australia.

Serco has been awarded a contract extension with Bupa to deliver health services across Australian Defence Force Health Centres for a further 12 months to 30 June 2027.

Women’s Defence Connection has chosen to celebrate International Women’s Day on Thursday 5 March through organising its third annual lunch in Melbourne.

The NSW Government has opened Saber Astronautics’ new research and development laboratory in Chippendale.

Japan’s Acquisitions, Technology & Logistics Agency, the primary organ responsible for that nation’s defence procurements, publicly released information on its new “Fast Pass Procurement” program for defence industry startups | Corey Lee Bell

We are proud to present the winners of the 2025 30 under 30 Awards, who have gone above and beyond in their careers through volunteering, mentoring, and acting as a role model for young people in the defence industry.

Austal Defence Australia and Damen Shipyards Group have signed a contract supporting the local construction of Landing Ship Transport 100 vessels for the Australian Defence Force on Friday, 20 February.

Babcock has moved the ex-warship HMAS Anzac using a sandbox solution. The sand boxes have been used as an engineering tool to evenly disturb weight and stabilise the ship as it was moved from place to place.

The Government has held its fourth Product of Concern Summit in Canberra on Monday 2 March 2026 to support the sustainment of Australia’s Collins class submarines.

Hypersonix Launch Systems' Dart AE hypersonic aircraft has completed its first flight, reaching hypersonic speeds greater than Mach 5, after launch from NASA’s Wallops Island.