Ninox Robotics has announced the appointment of its Chief Pilot and purchase of its first set of UAS for commercial and government use.

Team Defence Australia was a significant exhibitor at the Singapore Airshow, with twelve Australian SMEs exhibiting.

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Defence Week Premium 386 PDF Version

As promised, we've dug a little deeper into the White Paper this week with our Editor Katherine Ziesing analysing the strategy and that tricky definition of defence industry. Our weekly Defence tenders and PDF version can also be found here.

As a coherent whole, the documents make for some of the best reading to come out of the department this century.

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White Paper 2016: Industry

The Defence Industry Policy Statement makes for some interesting reading in that it puts dollars to ideas.

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White Paper 2016: People

There will be growth for both the civilian and uniformed part of Defence with both set to reach highs not seen since 1993.

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White Paper 2016: Sea

Government confirmed their biggest Navy recapitalisation program in a generation.

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White Paper 2016: Land

This Paper was never going to be a big one for Army, with the service already in the midst of the massive Land 400 program to deliver new combat vehicles of all types as well as a significant modernisation of its battlefield management and communication systems.

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White Paper 2016: Air

Like Army, Air Force has plenty of key programs already in train with Joint Strike Fighters, P-8As, and Growlers expected in the next few years.

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White Paper 2016: ADM Conclusions

At a glance, the trifecta is good news for both Defence and Defence Industry.

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Kilcullen on understanding ISIS

Former Australian Army officer, US senior counterinsurgency advisor and bestselling author David Kilcullen spoke at an event hosted by the University of Sydney’s US Studies Centre on Tuesday night.

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Spain to Acquire MQ-9 Reaper

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced its notification of Spain's selection of the MQ-9 Reaper RPA system.

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AWD Hobart lights up combat systems

The combat systems of the first Air Warfare Destroyer Hobart have been put through initial activation tests in the last few weeks.

DWP this week stands for Defence White Paper! Naturally there's been no shortage of comment and analysis with the $50 billion acquisition cost for the 12 submarines raising the most eyebrows and the sustainment figure still anyone's guess.

Years of uncertainty surrounding the future of Army’s Abrams M1A1 main battle tanks have been dispelled by Chief of Army Lieutenant General Angus Campbell.

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AMG is more than an airline: DCAF

Air Vice Marshal Warren McDonald spoke to members of the Sir Richard Williams Foundation this week about the evolution of Air Mobility Group (AMG) over the last two years.