John Howard was warned by his own department that a draft of the 2005 defence update would oversell Australia’s willingness ...

Beijing deployed a naval task group to the waters around Australia for three related reasons. First, to demonstrate the reach ...

Australia’s procurement of MQ-28A Ghost Bat UAVs is set to strengthen the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) operational capacity.

Australia and Japan have reached the largest defence-industry agreement ever between both countries for the production of advanced warships for the Australian Navy, the country’s Minister for Defence ...

Performance metrics can be better, worse... or just different. Major outliers are not included in the government's comparison ...

A RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet conducted a successful live firing of the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) off the coast of California in February. The Australian government has announced ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles on Saturday urged greater transparency from China over its military modernisation and deployments as Pacific nations brace for a more ...

Following Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s May 2025 re-election, Australia is advancing a historic defence treaty with Papua New Guinea. Rooted in shared history and strategic urgency amid ...

As the announcement of an Australian federal election looms, the Labor government and opposition Liberal-National Coalition have been trading blows over the presence of three Chinese warships in ...