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United States and Australia collaborate on integrated air and missile defence Test

MEDIA RELEASE Australia supported the United States (US) as it undertook a successful missile defence test off the coast of Hawaii. Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force assets supported the test conducted by the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the US Navy. The US test involved the successful intercept of a medium-range […]

DIU Partners With AUKUS Pillar II for International Prize Challenge

Article courtesy of the US Department of Defense MEDIA RELEASE The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is launching the first trilateral prize challenge through AUKUS Pillar II— a defense and security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States (U.S.)— to identify electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) technologies that help give a strategic edge in […]

Landmark legislation to bolster national security and remove red tape for Australian industry

The Hon Richard Marles MPDeputy Prime MinisterMinister for Defence MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Parliament today passed landmark legislation that will strengthen Australia’s national security and support local industry by unlocking defence trade, innovation and collaboration with our AUKUS partners. The Defence Trade Controls Amendment Act 2024 (DTC Act) protects our cutting-edge military technologies by enhancing […]

Investment in Defence industry creates almost 4000 extra jobs

The Hon Pat Conroy MPMinister for Defence IndustryMinister for International Development and the Pacific MEDIA RELEASE Figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reaffirm the economic benefits of the Government’s investments in growing our defence industry. The Australian Defence Industry Account (ADIA) data for 2022-23 shows the contribution from Australia’s defence industry […]

Australian industry and jobs front and centre of AUKUS submarines

The Hon Richard Marles MPDeputy Prime MinisterMinister for Defence The Hon Pat Conroy MPMinister for Defence IndustryMinister for International Development and the Pacific MEDIA RELEASE Today’s announcement of Australia’s sovereign submarine build and sustainment partners demonstrates the Albanese Government’s focus on maximising Australian industry involvement and jobs in the build and sustainment of Australia’s next […]

AUKUS build and sustainment partners announced

The Hon Pat Conroy MPMinister for Defence IndustryMinister for International Development and the Pacific The Hon Richard Marles MPDeputy Prime MinisterMinister for Defence MEDIA RELEASE The Albanese Government is ensuring local jobs and Australian industry are at the heart of our next generation submarines with the announcement today of Australia’s Sovereign Submarine Build Partner and […]

Launch of AUKUS Pillar II’s first trilateral innovation challenge

MEDIA RELEASE The first in a series of AUKUS Innovation Challenges, the AUKUS Electronic Warfare Innovation Challenge, will be launched today through the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), delivering on a commitment made by AUKUS Defence Ministers in December 2023. The first AUKUS Challenge will seek innovative solutions to shared electronic warfare challenges from industry […]

Uneven salary growth decreased industry career confidence, and increased interest in contracting roles for the Australian defence industry.

Article supplied by Kinexus MEDIA RELEASE The latest defence industry salary trends and workforce data is now available to download. Kinexus, the leading recruitment provider to the Australian defence and national security sector, has released the tenth edition of its eagerly awaited Defence Industry Insights. Leveraging their insider knowledge and deep access to the defence […]

Australia selects BAE Systems and ASC to build sovereign nuclear powered submarines

Article and photo courtesy of BAE Systems MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Government has selected BAE Systems and ASC Pty Ltd to build Australia’s new fleet of nuclear powered submarines in the latest significant development in the AUKUS trilateral security pact between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles, […]

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