JMSDF hosts multinational fleet review
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) hosted the latest iteration of its international fleet review (IFR) in the waters of Sagami Bay south of...
Supashock Secures Major Missile Launcher Contract
Adelaide-based Supashock Defence Technologies and Rheinmetall, the largest supplier of military vehicles to the Australian Defence Force have signed a contract to supply Missile...
Babcock awarded major capability upgrade programme by Australia Defence Force
Babcock International Group PLC (“Babcock” or “the Group”) is pleased to announce that Babcock Australia has been awarded a major multi-year programme to upgrade...
Mobile Land Anti-Ship Capability for Australia?
An important but easily overlooked piece of Australia’s Army Land Project modernization has been Land Project 4100 Phase 2.
This is part of a...
EDITOR’S BUNKER BRIEFING (24 October 2022, No.81)
MDTF - THE MODERN DAY OODA LOOP
Dear Readers,
Returning to Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual convention in Washington DC in October for...
Japanese amphibious aircraft one of the highlights at multilateral naval exercise
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ShinMaywa US-2 search-and-rescue (SAR) amphibian was deployed to support the recently concluded multilateral Sama Sama-Lumbas 2022 exercise, which...
New sustainment contracts announced for Australian destroyers and submarines
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has awarded two separate contracts with BAE Systems and Raytheon Australia to support the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s)...
Australian Boxer Achieves IOC
Australia’s Chief of the Army, Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, officially declared on 15 October 2022 that their Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle (CRV) has achieved...
Latest Project Currawong equipment accepted
New communications equipment being delivered to the Australian Army under the Land 2072 Phase 2B programme – Project Currawong – has secured system acceptance.
A...
Australia’s Self-Propelled Howitzer to Use MINEO Sight
Hanwha Defense Australia which is under contract to provide thirty-two Huntsman AS-9 advanced 155mm/52 caliber self-propelled howitzers under the military’s Land 8116 modernization program....