An Australian warship has test-fired a US Tomahawk cruise missile, officials said Tuesday, hailing a “major milestone” in the country’s decade-long plan to beef up its fleet in the face of an Asia-Pacific arms race. […]
Australia and Pacific nation Nauru announced a landmark security treaty on Monday, advancing Canberra’s aim of blunting China’s growing regional influence. Nauru surprised many Pacific watchers this year when it abruptly severed diplomatic links with […]
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hanwha Ocean Co. failed to win a $7.3 billion deal to build frigates for the Australian Navy, industry sources and foreign media said on Friday, dealing a blow to […]
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Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has inaugurated a new production facility in Adelaide, South Australia, marking a milestone in the company’s support for Australian Defence acquisition and sustainment programs. The facility will focus on the […]
The two craft, which will start construction next month in Yamba, south of Brisbane, will equip the RAN’s Pacific Support Vessel ADV Reliant from next year. Reliant is formally based at HMAS Moreton in Brisbane, […]
The vessel, ADV Cape Schanck (313), is the eighth ECCPB to be constructed at Austal’s Henderson, Western Australia shipyard in four and half years. Austal Limited Chief Executive Officer Paddy Gregg said Cape Schanck highlights Western […]
Australia will increase its missile defence capability after China’s test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in the South Pacific raised “significant concerns” and as the Asia Pacific region enters a “missile age”. Australia plans […]
The Albanese Government will bolster Australia’s air and missile defence under a $7 billion agreement with the United States to acquire state-of-the-art long-range missiles. The acquisition of the Standard Missile 2 Block IIIC (SM-2 IIIC) […]
Australia will gift dozens of retiring tanks to Ukraine in a $245 million package aimed at bolstering the country’s defence of the Russian invasion. The 49 military vehicles make up almost the entire fleet of […]
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