Kiwis get rare torpedo-drop opportunity on RIMPAC
Ships and aircraft of the New Zealand Defence Force joined forces to hunt down an ‘enemy’ submarine and attack it
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Science & Technology
Latest JSOW variant smarter than your average flying pig
Raytheon and the US Navy recently completed all operational tests for the Joint Standoff Weapon C-1, making this newest variant of the
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School of Armour gets inflatable command posts
Australia’s School of Armour at Puckapunyal, Victoria, has taken delivery of a new generation of inflatable-tent command posts. The inflatable tents can be
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F-35 arrives in UK for Royal International Air Tattoo
Aviation history is set to be made in the UK this summer when, in a major airshow ‘first’, the Lockheed
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Coronado deploys with Fire Scout for RIMPAC
The Northrop Grumman-built MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter recently deployed with the USS Coronado (LCS-4) to begin flight operations using its new
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MQ-4C Triton and a P-8A Poseidon exchanged full-motion video
During a flight test on June 2, an MQ-4C Triton and a P-8A Poseidon successfully exchanged full-motion video for the
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Rheinmetall unveils ‘Aussie’ Lynx in Paris
At Eurosatory 2016 – a major defence exhibition in Paris, France – Rheinmetall of Germany unveiled its new Lynx infantry
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F-35 program lauded by Defence
“The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program exemplifies the thread of this year’s Defence and Industry Conference”. So said Deputy Secretary
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ADF buys ELCAN Specter DR 1-4x
Raytheon today announced that Australia’s Department of Defence has selected their ELCAN Optical Technologies division to supply the ELCAN Specter® DR
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Globemaster makes first winter parachute delivery to Antarctica
A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III strategic transport aircraft from Number 36 Squadron has successfully performed a parachute
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New armoured fighting vehicle unveiled – Mbombe 8
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 6, 2016/ — Paramount Group (www.ParamountGroup.com), the African-based global defence and aerospace company, unveiled a new
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Defence Science and Technology engaged in Partnerships Week
Defence Science and Technology Group is staging open days at its Melbourne laboratory for industry and academia to showcase innovative
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BAE starts national industry tour for LAND 400 solution
The combat reconnaissance vehicle offered by BAE Systems Australia for the Australian Army LAND 400 Program was shown to Australian industry
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Raytheon tests SM-3 rocket upgrade
Raytheon and the US Missile Defense Agency completed a successful flight test of an improved Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB
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First home-grown Romeo crew
Home of the ‘Romeo’ helicopter, 725 Squadron, has achieved another milestone with the graduation of trainees from the first MH-60R Basic Operational Flight Training
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Army responds to Reaper criticism
In response to a veritable firestorm of criticism on an Australian Army Facebook post (below) regarding a trial of The Reaper
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Maiden flight for first Aussie Poseidon
Australia’s first P-8A Poseidon aircraft has completed its maiden flight. CAPTION: The first P-8A aircraft for the RAAF takes to the sky
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Australia’s third F-35A pilot qualified
Australia’s third F-35A pilot Flight Lieutenant (FLTLT) Edwin Borrman, recently completed his qualifying flight in an F-35A aircraft at Luke
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First Dutch F-35s fly home
Holland’s first two F-35As have arrived for the first time at Leeuwarden Air Base in The Netherlands yesterday. Pilots Colonel Bert
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HMAS Canberra conducts CH-47F handling trials
A Chinook CH-47F helicopter from the 5th Aviation Regiment in Townsville makes an approach to HMAS Canberra while the ship is
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