Defence and national security professionals gathered on Thursday, 23 April 2026 to celebrate excellence across the industry at what has quickly become one of the sector’s most anticipated evenings on the calendar.
Supporting the Australian Army’s UH-60M Black Hawk fleet, the aerospace giant has bases at Holsworthy, Oakey, and Brisbane to provide through-life sustainment of the aircraft.
Signed in March, the project arrangement for virtual structural testing of composite aircraft focuses on improving the understanding of how damage initiates and propagates in composite materials widely used in modern military aircraft.
Delivered by Raytheon, part of RTX, the advanced electronic attack system has been developed in close partnership with the United States Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The NGJ is designed to be deployed on platforms such as the Boeing EA-18G Growler, a capability already operated by the RAAF.
The decade-long investment is aimed at strengthening Australia’s ability to detect and defeat increasingly sophisticated uncrewed aerial threats, both at home and in deployed operations overseas.
The Spartan aircraft will be replaced with a commercial aircraft fleet to support the transport of personnel and logistics in the Pacific, according to information released under the government's multibillion-dollar 2026 National Defence Strategy and a revamped Integrated Investment Program (IIP).