Aquaterro has received its first purchase order for the new Sidearm Weapon System (SWS) under the Australian Defence Force Land 159 Program.

The EOS AS-65 gimbal has been chosen as the positioning component for the L3Harris Vehicle Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment.

Nearly four years since Defence issued its Land 400 Phase 3 Request for Tender, both shortlisted contenders are still awaiting notification of who is to supply Army with what will be a drastically-reduced number of Infantry Fighting Vehicles. 

Fourteen years after handing its four Beechcraft 350 Super King Air aircraft to Air Force, the Australian Army has once again decided it needs a fixed-wing support capability.

One of the main recommendations of the recent Defence Strategic Review is the renewed focus on littoral manoeuvre, at the expense of Army’s wish for 450 Infantry Fighting Vehicles.

The Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian and Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters are two capabilities singled out in the recent Defence Strategic Review.

The Australian Maritime Alliance welcomed Saab Australia today as a key partner for the Land 8710 Phase 1A Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel - Medium (LMV-M) program.

Army is the big loser out of the Defence Strategic Review. So says much of the commentariat who point to the much reduced acquisition of Infantry Fighting Vehicles and cancellation of a second tranche of Self-Propelled Howitzers.

The government has announced it has given first-pass approval for the Land 200 Phase 3 Battlefield Command Systems project which intends to transform command and control of land forces into a modern networked system.

The Australian Maritime Alliance (AMA) has teamed with Pivot Maritime International as a core simulation partner on the Land 8710 Phase 1A Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel - Medium (LMV-M) program.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed an export deal worth $1 billion for Australian-made Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRVs) to be exported to Germany.

As part of a US Department of Defense Foreign Military Sale, Boeing received a contract to produce 18 CH-47F Block I Chinooks for South Korea and one additional aircraft for Spain.

Gold Coast-based naval architecture and marine engineering company Seatransport is offering a version of its Stern Landing Vessel (SLV) for Army’s Land 8710 Phase 2 (Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel-Heavy) program.

Saab has received an order from the Department of Defence for the supply of additional Carl-Gustaf M4 weapons.

The government has announced it is investing nearly $700 million in Townsville to support the new AH-64E Apache helicopters, where they will be based from 2025.

Western Australia is set to host a key US and Australian exercise that will develop how the Australian Defence Force employs land-based precision long-range rocket artillery and maritime strike missiles.