Australia deploying aircraft to Indian exercise for first time
The Royal Australian Air Force has sent combat aircraft to India in support of a multinational exercise for the first time. Exercise Tarang Shakti 24 is being held at Air Force Station Jodhpur from 30...
View ArticleExercise Kakadu begins in Darwin
Warships and personnel from over 30 nations will descend on Darwin this week for Australia’s premier maritime warfare activity, Exercise Kakadu. Growing in size and complexity since its inception in...
View ArticleADF renews deal with Bohemia Interactive Australia
Bohemia Interactive Australia (BIA) announced that the Australian Army has renewed the Australian Defence Force (ADF) VBS3 enterprise software support agreement with BIA for the 12th consecutive year....
View ArticleAustralia’s xReality Group wins US defence contract
Australia’s xReality Group Limited (XRG) said it has been awarded a A$5.6 million contract to deliver a new immersive training capability to the United States Department of Defense. The contract has...
View ArticleCAE wins deal for Indian MH-60R crew training
CAE recently announced that CAE Defense & Security USA has been awarded a contract by the United States Navy under a U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program to provide two training devices and...
View ArticleLeonardo delivers 100th TH-73A Thrasher
Leonardo celebrated a significant milestone with the 100th delivery of the TH-73A Thrasher helicopter to the United States Navy on September 17 at a ceremony in Philadelphia. Attendees included Vice...
View ArticleIndonesian Air Force orders four Airbus H145s
The Indonesian Air Force has placed an order for four Airbus H145 helicopters as part of its training modernisation programme. Under the agreement between the Indonesian Air Force and PT Dirgantara...
View ArticleNova Systems partners on training and technology
Nova Systems and the University of Tasmania’s Australian Maritime College (AMC) have committed to a future strategic partnership to deliver the latest in Test and Evaluation (T&E) capability...
View ArticleExercise Bersama Lima commences
A contingent of around 400 ADF personnel will work closely with members from the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) during Exercise Bersama Lima 2024, which has commenced in Malaysia and Singapore....
View ArticleAustralian and Malaysian jets train at Exercise Elangaroo
Australian and Malaysian jet fighters have concluded training together during Exercise Elangaroo 24 from 30 September to 4 October 2024. In the skies over Malaysia, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)...
View ArticleThomas Global wins deal for Redback training
Thomas Global Systems has been awarded a multi-year contract to supply advanced immersive training systems for the AS21 Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) as part of Hanwha Defence Australia’s...
View ArticleCAE’s HADES training system deployed
CAE announced the deployment of its integrated solution for the U.S. Army High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation Systems (HADES), featuring the CAE Bombardier Global 6000/6500 full-flight simulator...
View ArticleRAN sailors graduate nuclear power school
In another significant milestone for the Australia, United Kingdom, United States (AUKUS) enhanced trilateral security partnership, the first seven Royal Australian Navy (RAN) enlisted sailors have...
View ArticleNavantia Australia creates new naval research centre in Tasmania
The University of Tasmania’s Australian Maritime College (AMC) will soon be home to a new Naval Research Centre in Launceston, consolidating Tasmania’s position at the forefront of maritime research...
View ArticleAUKUS Pillar II in action at Exercise Autonomous Warrior 2024
AUKUS partners have cooperated in the first large-scale demonstration of advanced capabilities during Exercise Autonomous Warrior 2024 in Jervis Bay, NSW. Over the past month, hundreds of uniformed...
View ArticleArmy scales up Black Hawk training
Army is rapidly bringing its fleet of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters into service with the aircraft and crew flying more than 1,400 hours in support of introduction into service activities since the...
View ArticleEmbraer, Rheinmetall win deal for Dutch C-390 FFS
Embraer announced that will provide training solutions for the C-390 Millennium to the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The agreement includes a Full Flight Simulator, and a Cargo Handling Station Trainer...
View ArticleExercise Keen Sword concludes
Around 80 Australian Defence Force personnel deployed to Japan last month to participate in Exercise Keen Sword – a biennial Japan-US exercise focusing on the defence of Japan. This year’s Keen Sword...
View ArticleAirbus wins training helicopter deal with Royal Canadian Air Force
Airbus Helicopters has signed a landmark contract with SkyAlyne, a joint venture between Canadian defence leaders CAE and KF Aerospace, to provide the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) with 19 Airbus...
View ArticleAustralian soldiers trained on Army’s newest tanks
The Australian Army is rapidly bringing in to service its new fleet of main battle tanks, with the first cohort of Australian Army soldiers completing training on operations and maintenance at...
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