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NOJA Power will provide specialist electrical equipment to restore Ukraine's energy system. The contract including local installations is valued at $10 million.

BAE Systems Maritime Australia is expanding its Strategic Supplier Partnerships program with selected small and medium enterprises to protect the construction schedule of the first three anti-submarine warships from the Hunter Class Frigate Program.  

Just a year after announcing the inaugural AUKUS Innovation Challenge, the three AUKUS members have launched their second challenge, this one focussed on undersea Command, Control and Communications | Gregor Ferguson

The Whiskey Project Group (TWPG) has partnered with Colombia’s state-owned shipbuilding authority, Corporación de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo de la Industria Naval Marítima y Fluvial.

Reliability issues plaguing Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Force fleet of Lockheed C130R Hercules transport aircraft are causing a rethink on procurement priorities | Corey Lee Bell

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More capability for RAAF F-35As

The last three of the Royal Australian Air Force’s 72 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters touched down on home soil in December, six years after the first two had been ceremoniously welcomed at RAAF Williamtown | Nigel Pittaway

The Whiskey Project Group has unveiled Vycor, a new line of high-performance commercial watercraft.

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RAAF tactical airlift overhaul

The Royal Australian Air Force is set to significantly enhance its medium airlift capability later this decade with the arrival of 20 new Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules | Nigel Pittaway

The Australian Defence Force has sent forces to Exercise Croix du Sud 2025 in New Caledonia as well as Wallis and Futuna.

Korean Air has secured the preferred bidder status on the performance upgrade program to the UH-60 helicopter for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.

JFD has opened a second New South Wales advanced manufacturing and support facility in Caringbah on 8 April 2025. This came after the opening of a similar specialised manufacturing facility in Beresfield on 26 February | Kirra Davey

Sitzler has been appointed to the Defence Infrastructure Panel – Major Construction 2025–2030. The Defence Infrastructure Panel – Major Construction 2025-2030 has been created for use on projects valued at or over $200 million.

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Ghost Bat – an endangered species?

Designed in collaboration with Defence to meet an Australian requirement, Boeing Defence Australia’s MQ-28A Ghost Bat autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft has been developed with the ‘Five Eyes’ export market in mind | Nigel Pittaway

In 2023 to 2024, the Australian defence industry contributed $11.9 billion in gross value added to the Australian economy according to figures released on 16 April 2025 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Philippines of TH-73A Training Helicopters and Support for an estimated cost of AU $189 million.

In an Australian first, Australian Air Force Cadets are set to take their skills to new heights—literally | Liep Gatwech