Australian Army

Mar- 2025 -

27 March

Land

Hanwha, Penske Team for Australian Army Redback Engine Production

Hanwha Defence Australia and Penske Australia have partnered to assemble, evaluate, and provide engines for the Australian Army’s upcoming Redback infantry fighting vehicles.

24 March

Arms

Rojoef Manuel

US Delivers Australia’s First HIMARS

Australia has accepted its first M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System as part of a foreign military sale with the US.

10 March

Technology

Inder Singh Bisht

Australian Army Reorders Vegvisir Situational Awareness Solutions

The Australian Army has reordered a Vegvisir mixed reality-based situational awareness solution for further experimentation and exploration of its possible applications.

6 March

Technology

Representatives from Babcock and EPE operate the Squad Packable Utility Robots (SPUR) Remote Positioning Vehicles – Light

Christine Casimiro

Australian Defence Forces Receive Backpackable Counter-Explosive Robots

Babcock Australasia has delivered ready-to-use, backpackable robot systems to enhance the Australian Defence Forces’ (ADF) counter-explosive capabilities.

Feb- 2025 -

19 February

Air

Australian Army soldiers and aviators conduct helicopter insertion and extraction training as part of UH-60M Black Hawk introduction into service activities. *** Local Caption *** In early 2023, Defence announced the Australian Governments decision to replace the Taipan Multi Role Helicopter (MRH90) with a fleet of 40 UH-60M Black Hawk Utility Helicopters. Currently, 10 Black Hawks have been delivered to Australia, with all 40 aircraft expected by 2030. The UH-60M Black Hawk provides Army with the modern, credible and sustainable Aviation capability it needs to meet the contemporary challenges of warfare. The UH-60M Black Hawk fleet is being initially established in Holsworthy, New South Wales and is planned to expand into Oakey, Queensland next year.

Rojoef Manuel

Australian Army Black Hawk Helicopter Achieves Initial Operating Capability

Australia’s Department of Defence has announced the initial operating capability of the army’s UH-60M Black Hawk medium-lift utility helicopter.

Jan- 2025 -

23 January

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

The Quantum Systems Vector 2-in-1 and Sypaq Systems CorvoX *** Local Caption *** The Quantum Systems Vector 2-in-1 and Sypaq Systems CorvoX will provide the Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force with small uncrewed aerial systems designed to operate across a range of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, enhancing situational awareness, force protection and the potency of Defences capabilities across land and littoral operations. These systems will be able to operate from or within confined areas, including small marine craft, urban environments and close vegetation, and work together with and complement crewed systems on a range of missions. This enables Army and Air Force to secure and control strategic land positions without placing our people in harms way, hold potential adversaries at risk, and support a broader strategy of denial. These capabilities are acquired as part of Project Defence 129 and deliver enhanced situational awareness and increased force protection through the acquisition and sustainment of tactical to nano-UAS platforms capable of operating across the spectrum of maritime and land force operations.

Rojoef Manuel

Australia to Open Radio Factory for Future Tactical Small Drones

Australia has revealed the construction of a communications manufacturing facility to support the armed forces’ small unmanned aerial systems expansion project.

9 January

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