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Australia's XT-8 drone launches for a mission. Story. by Natalie Staples.

Enhancing AI to support the warfighter

13/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2378 Views 0 Comments Artificial Intelligence (AI), AUKUS, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), resilient and autonomous artificial intelligence technology (RAAIT)

Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have furthered their co-development of resilient and autonomous artificial intelligence technology (RAAIT)

Pilatus PC-21 aircraft perform a display for No.1 Flying Training School Intermediate Pilots’ Course graduation at RAAF East Sale. Story by Flight Lieutenant Lily Lancaster. Photos by Sergeant Rodney Welch.

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First fully east-coast-trained pilots graduate

13/08/202417/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3055 Views 0 Comments No. 1 Flying Training School (1FTS), PC-21, RAAF East Sale

The first nine aviators to complete all their initial training on Australia’s east coast and become fully qualified pilots have

HMAS Sydney fires Royal Australian Navy’s first Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) during Exercise Pacific Dragon 2024. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.

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Royal Australian Navy fires first SM-6 missile

10/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4031 Views 0 Comments SM-6, Standard Missile 6

HMAS Sydney has conducted a successful firing of a Standard Missile 6, representing a step-change in the lethality, air and

Australian Army cyber warfare specialists from 138 Signals Squadron, Simpson Barracks, Victoria.

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‘Cyber’ elevated to command status

09/08/202417/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 4519 Views 0 Comments Australian Signals Directorate, Cyber Command, JCG

The ADF has renewed its focus on cognitive and information warfare by establishing Cyber Command as a new command within

Personnel from the Australian Joint Positioning, Navigation and Timing Directorate, Joint Capabilities Group and Joint Navigation Warfare Centre align GPS test equipment at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Story by Squadron Leader James Pak and Ricky Bryan. Photos by Senior Airman Spencer Kanar, USAF.

News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force

Testing on track to improve GPS

09/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2648 Views 0 Comments Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR), US Air Force

In an unassuming corrugated building in New Mexico sits a state-of-the-art facility where Australian and US Defence personnel have teamed

Navy sailor Leading Seaman Marine Technician Electrical Nikolas Jercic conducts electrical testing on board HMAS Adelaide. Story and photo by Corporal Michael Rogers.

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The power of a fight-to-fix mentality

09/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2336 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide

From two-storey-high generators that could power the city of Darwin, to power points and everything in between – electrical marine

Air Force aviators from 11 Squadron fit an AGM-84J harpoon anti-ship missile to a RAAF P-8A Poseidon as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), held in the Hawaiian Islands. Story by Lieutenant Carolyn Martin. Photos by Corporal Adam Abela.

News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force

Preparing Hammer to strike

09/08/202410/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3665 Views 0 Comments AGM-84J Harpoon, No. 11 Squadron, P-8A Poseidon, RAAF Edinburgh, RIMPAC

The RAAF P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft – call sign ‘Hammer 24’ – from 11 Squadron in Edinburgh, South Australia,

A soldier from 11th Brigade checks on his mates as he advances forward during an assault on an 'enemy' defensive position at Cowley Beach training area in northern Queensland. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers. Photo by Corporal Michael Currie.

Australian Army News Videos

11th and 13th Brigades test domestic security responses

09/08/202410/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 4039 Views 0 Comments 11th brigade, 13th Brigade, Army Reserve, Exercise Austral Shield

In the largest Army Reserve exercise in three decades, nearly 2000 personnel practised a rapid deployment to Australia’s north to

Army soldiers wear the new winter uniforms around Russell Offices in Canberra. Photo by Corporal Cameron Pegg.

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New clothing range for Army personnel

07/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 5341 Views 1 Comment Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG)

Army’s range of general duties garments is expanding, with four new items being issued to provide warmth through the winter

A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail leads a formation of aircraft past the Italian Navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour during Exercise Pitch Black 2024. Story by Squadron Leader Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Corporal Samuel Miller.

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Sun sets on milestone Pitch Black

07/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 4032 Views 0 Comments E-7A Wedgetail, Exercise Pitch Black

Exercise Pitch Black 24 was unlike any of its predecessors. CAPTION: A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail leads a formation

Army soldier Corporal Scott Christian, of 2nd Force Support Battalion, guides a forklift operator as they load rations onto a MAN 40M truck at Cairns airport, Queensland, during Exercise Austral Shield. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers. Photo by Corporal Michael Currie.

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New logistics unit hits the ground running

07/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2167 Views 0 Comments 2nd Force Support Battalion, 8th Operational Support Unit (8OSU), Army Reserve, Exercise Austral Shield

Soldiers from the 8th Operational Support Unit (8OSU) escaped the southern winter to conduct the unit’s first major exercise since

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Tigers’ run a roaring mission success

07/08/202407/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2332 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Exercise Predator’s Run

In the expansive and rugged terrain of the Bradshaw Field Training Area in the Northern Territory, the early morning air

Australian News Sovereign industry

AI-powered platform to disrupt clunky defence-industry procurement

06/08/202406/08/2024 Tim Walmsley 2182 Views 0 Comments ADDIM, Australian Defence Digital Industry Matrix

A new era of technology is unlocking the opportunity for businesses positioned to deliver works to Defence projects via a

Artist's impression of Ghost Shark under water.

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Ghost Shark program on fast track

05/08/202406/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3623 Views 0 Comments Ghost Shark

Production of the Ghost Shark program will be accelerated with Defence and Anduril Australia entering into a co-funded early works

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Defence Digital Engineering Strategy

05/08/202406/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2549 Views 0 Comments Defence Digital Engineering Strategy

Defence is transforming how it works with businesses through the launch of the Defence Digital Engineering Strategy to speed up

A special warfare operator from 2nd Commando Company, 1st Commando Regiment, fires an AK-47 rifle during foreign weapons training in Melbourne. Story and photo by Lieutenant S.

Australian Army News

Commandos come to grips with foreign weapons

02/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3940 Views 0 Comments 1st Commando Regiment, Fort Gellibrand, special warfare

Integrating with partner forces throughout the Indo-Pacific region is one of many special warfare tasks assigned to the 1st Commando

Corporal Timothy Rymill, right, and other Army medical personnel from 1st Health Battalion triage a simulated patient inside the Role 1 treatment facility at RAAF Base Curtin, WA, during Exercise Austral Shield. Story by Captain Diana Jennings. Photos by Corporal Lisa Sherman.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News

Exercise Austral Shield troops in safe hands

02/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3209 Views 0 Comments 1st Health Battalion, 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Army Reserve, Exercise Austral Shield, RAAF Curtin

Corporal Timothy Rymill has been an Army Reserve treatment team medic with the 1st Health Battalion for three years, but

Soldiers from Rifle Company Butterworth exit a US Army Chinook during the field training exercise during Exercise Keris Strike in Sabah, Malaysia. Story by Lieutenant Chloe Reay. Photo by Evangelos Wilson.

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Diggers show their mettle in Malaysian jungle

02/08/202402/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3936 Views 0 Comments 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Exercise Keris Strike, Malaysian Armed Forces, Rifle Company Butterworth, US Army

As the waves crashed along the coastline of Sabah in East Malaysia, three nations gathered to mark the conclusion of

Angus, from the Starlight Children’s Foundation, tries on an F-35A helmet with the help of Corporal Daniel Lake, a 3 Squadron life support fitter, at the Pitch Black open day at RAAF Base Darwin. Story by Flying Officer Jamie Wallace. Photos by Sergeant David Gibbs.

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RAAF helps make a wish come true

02/08/202406/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2082 Views 0 Comments Community Engagement, Exercise Pitch Black, F-35A Lightning II, No. 3 Squadron, RAAF Darwin, Starlight Children’s Foundation

The Royal Australian Air Force has teamed up with international partners and the Starlight Children’s Foundation to grant the wish

Firefighters from the Royal Air Force, RAAF and Royal New Zealand Air Force at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. Story by Flight Lieutenant Annabel Francis-Jones. Photo by Aircraftwoman Campbell Latch.

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Triple the fire power on Ex Pitch Black

02/08/202403/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2789 Views 0 Comments Exercise Pitch Black, fire, RAAF Amberley, RAF, RNZAF

Fire fighters from the Royal Australian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force and Royal Air Force seized the opportunity