The named Lockheed Martin employees have been given a deadline of 48 hours to “cease cooperation with the Zionist regime and leave the occupied territories immediately”.
Exercise Trojan Compass brought together personnel from the RAAF’s No. 37 Squadron and the RNZAF’s No. 40 Squadron. The exercise focused on building interoperability across airlift operations, logistics, maintenance and support functions.
Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy confirmed the arrival of the airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and electronic warfare aircraft earlier today in a public statement. A previous aircraft arrived in Australia during January this year.
Following reports by hacktivist group APT-Iran that it had breached Lockheed Martin, the defence prime has said it is aware of the threat actors' claims. The RAAF currently operates a fleet of 72 F-35As, which are slated for Block 4 upgrades.
The C-130J Hercules and C-27 Spartan transport aircraft were deployed to collect and transport more than 340 residents of indigenous communities affected by category three Tropical Cyclone Narelle in Eastern Arnhem Land over the weekend.
Rocket Lab announced the agreement for a series of missions using its HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) vehicle, marking the largest single launch contract in the company’s history. HASTE was earlier this month used to launch a successful test flight of the Hypersonix DART AE aircraft.