Following our announcement of the Women in Defence Awards 2024 finalists, ADM will be introducing each of our amazing finalists across the categories in more detail. Today we are focusing on the finalists in our Rising Star category.

Three warships taking part in Exercise Kakadu 2024, which concluded on 22 September, were rearmed with missiles from ports in Australia's north.

Singapore has commissioned of the first two of its four German-built Invincible-class diesel-electric submarines on 24 September | Micah Young

The Whiskey Project Group has acquired KJL Sails of Picton New Zealand as part of an expansion of the company's operations in the Pacific.

Ian Croser and David Gaul, the founders of Canberra radar firm CEA Technologies, have received the ACT Chief Minister's Pearcey Award.

Anduril Australia has been awarded a $30 million contract to provide air and ground defence capabilities at RAAF Base Darwin for three years through July 2027.

Defence’s Defence + Industry (D+I) was held in Canberra on 1 August, providing an insight into the current thinking of the organisation’s senior leadership.

Timor-Leste has postponed the delivery of its Guardian class patrol boats, while other nations have progressed work to arm their vessels | Ben Felton

In August, one of Army's new UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters performed first of class flight trials aboard the multi-role aviation training vessel MV Sycamore.

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation has developed a prototype uniform that's designed to protect the wearer from chemical and biological threats. 

The ninth Army MakerSpace site has opened at Simpson Barracks in Melbourne.

Supported by the US Navy, Austal USA has invested an undisclosed amount into a qualified equity fund that has acquired the Alabama Shipyard in Mobile to enhance submarine production.

As part of an ongoing 'interchangeability' deployment HMAS Brisbane, is undergoing a scheduled maintenance period at US Naval Base San Diego.

The UK Royal Air Force's first Boeing E-7 Wedgetail completed a functional check flight on 20 September.

Following our announcement of the Women in Defence Awards 2024 finalists, ADM will be introducing each of our amazing finalists across the categories in more detail. Today we are focusing on the finalists in our Technical Trade category. 

Nova Systems and the University of Tasmania’s Australian Maritime College have agreed to a strategic Test and Evaluation partnership.