The biennial Avalon Airshow has opened its doors to showcase the latest crop of defence and aviation technology as anti-war activists prepare to picket outside.
Callum Godde
Australia has taken delivery of its first two trucks for launching long-range missiles, giving the Defence Force access to the world-leading technology.
Katina Curtis
The Pentagon's intelligence and law enforcement arms are investigating what it says are leaks of national security information.
Staff Writers
The Greens want locally-made drones and missiles to reduce Australia's reliance on the US, while a new "army" addresses a growing defence force workload.
Jack Gramenz
ASC has awarded an $800,000 contract to Intract Australia to deliver repairs on two bridges at the national shipbuilder’s submarine yard at Henderson.
Simone Grogan
South Korean and US forces have wrapped up 11 days of joint military exercises, including hundreds of troops crossing a river near the border with the North.
Daewoung Kim and Hyunsu Yim
NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia intend to pull out of the convention banning antipersonnel mines due to the threat from neighbouring Russia.
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has shot down suggestions that AUKUS is a ‘really bad deal’ that is in trouble after the reemergence of Donald Trump in the White House.
Joe Spagnolo
Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles “is definitely not worried” about South Korea’s Hanwha potentially owning an influential slice of WA-based strategic defence shipbuilder Austal.
Simone Grogan and Sean Smith
A new look inside the world’s most advanced fast-attack submarine reveals what Australia’s defence capabilities at sea could look like in the next decade.
Nick Overall
The coalition reaffirms its support for the AUKUS partnership as voices on both sides of politics raise concerns about the multibillion-dollar defence pact.
Tess Ikonomou
The longest serving British High Commissioner to Australia has warned against pursuing an AUKUS plan B, saying it would sacrifice four years of momentum.
Jake Dietsch
South Korea has defended its military drills, saying they are defensive and aimed at maintaining readiness against possible North Korean aggression.
Lacklustre infrastructure in the State and the fact that the navy’s only two replenishment ships are currently in a NSW workshop have been cited as major problems.
Caitlyn Rintoul
A sea change in geopolitics spurred by US President Donald Trump has prompted European Union leaders to commit to strengthening defences by working together.
Raf Casert and Lorne Cook
Audio of the Australian Navy making contact with a trio of Chinese Navy warships has emerged, with the flotilla expected to complete its circumnavigation of Australia’s coastline today.
Chinese war ships have continued to track north up the WA coast as they almost finish their lap of Australia after making headlines for conducted a live fire exercise in the Tasman Sea off New South Wales.
A trio of Chinese warships have continued their circumnavigation of Australia, passing Perth as they travel towards the State’s north.
Australian industry will get a helping hand to break into US and UK supply chains in a bid to prevent local businesses missing out on lucrative contracts.
A flotilla of Chinese warships is expected to track past Australia’s future home of nuclear-powered AUKUS submarines within days as they continue their circumnavigation of the continent.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed on a new fund that could mobilise close to $A1.4 trillion to boost Europe's defence.
An encroaching Chinese flotilla along WA’s vulnerable, economically critical coastline has underscored the need for a larger presence in the State from the Australian Defence Force, Roger Cook says.
Dylan Caporn
The trio of Chinese warships apparently circling Australia are now off the WA coast, roughly in line with Esperance, as Anthony Albanese insists the ADF is keeping a close eye on their movements.
More than two-thirds of the 681 aboard who departed Fremantle to fight in WWII never saw home soil again. Those brave souls have now been properly honoured.
Rebecca Le May
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