Category: Defence

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles this week tabled the summary of the safety report into the 2023 Jervis Bay ditching, following a request from Senator Malcolm Roberts.

The federal government said the facility would open by the end of the decade and enable the production of motors for the “world’s most advanced missiles”. The news significantly comes shortly after defence technology firm Kongsberg won an $850 million contract to build a factory in Newcastle that will produce long-range F-35 missiles.

Across 2024–26, Asia Pacific Aerospace will perform a series of overhaul repairs on Black Hawk T700 engines flown by various international users at its regional maintenance facility in Pinkenba, Queensland.

Anduril’s Roadrunner is a reusable, modular twin-jet powered autonomous air vehicle capable of operating at high subsonic speed and taking off vertically to identify, track and intercept a wide variety of aerial threats, including Group 3 UAS (and above).