The snaking coastline of Australia’s northern border is one of the most isolated and exposed in the world; an open gate to illegal fishing, illegal arrivals, drug-running and other threats to national security.

Hanwha Aerospace has conducted a technology demonstration of the Arion-SMET unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) at Camp Humphreys, a US Army Garrison in South Korea, proving the vehicle’s mature robotic and unmanned technologies.

The first of Army’s Hanwha AS9 Huntsman SPHs is due to roll off the production line in Korea in the third quarter of 2025 and the first vehicle off Hanwha Defense Australia’s line at Avalon Airport near Geelong will follow a matter of weeks later.

Both multi-billion dollar phases of the most expensive acquisition project in the history of the Australian Army are facing uncertainties in implementation.

The Australian Government confirmed today that it will consider the findings of the Defence Strategic Review before deciding on the tender for the Land 400 Phase 3 Infantry Fighting Vehicle project.

Penske Australia has signed a deed of agreement with Rheinmetall Defence Australia for the assembly of powerpacks for Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles.

Personnel from the Army’s 161 Reconnaissance Squadron, which operates the Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter, visited Singapore’s AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship squadron to learn more about the platform Australia will be acquiring in the future.

A new type of unmanned surveillance technology was used on Operation Resolute for the first time.

The New Zealand Army is seeking to replace its fleet of utility vehicles with a proven, in-service design, according to a Request for Proposal (RFP) released on November 3.

Hanwha Defense Australia (HDA) and Elbit Systems of Israel have agreed to support the Redback turret, built in Australia, for the global market.

Orbital Corporation has commenced the delivery of engine builds to Insitu Pacific, the team responsible for supplying the Australian Army with its next generation of tactical uncrewed aerial system (UAS) under Land 129 Phase 3.

Adelaide-based Supashock Defence Technologies and Rheinmetall have signed a contract to supply Missile Launch Pods (MLP) for export to a NATO allied partner.

Varley Rafael Australia has been contracted by the Commonwealth to deliver Spike LR2 missiles for integration and acceptance testing for the Boxer CRVs and the preferred Land 400 Phase 3 IFVs.

The first batch of K9 Thunder Self-Propelled Howitzers (SPHs) for Poland were rolled out as Warsaw also entered into a framework contract for the delivery of 288 K239 Chunmoo Multiple Rocket Launcher Systems (MRLS).

ADM understands Supacat is eying the New Zealand Army’s Protected Mobility Capability Project (PMCP) utility requirement as an opportunity for its new High Mobility Transporter-Utility (HMT-U) vehicle.

Rheinmetall has delivered the first of 218 Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicles to the Hungarian armed forces, with an export contract for Australian-made Lance turrets to be included in the program.