(L-R) Italian Air Force Defence Attaché Colonel Salvatore Trincone, Canadian Defence Attaché Colonel Richard Raymond, and German Deputy Defence Attaché Lieutenant Colonel (GS) Dominic Vogel, try food at HMAS Stirling. Photo: Corporal Robert Whitmore
08 Jun 2022
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Tour of bases fosters international ties

Foreign military officials toured Defence bases in Perth and Exmouth.

Industry & partnership
Governor-General General (retd) David Hurley speaks with deployed Australian personnel in the newly named Hurley’s Hangar at Camp Baird in the Middle East. Photo: Flight Lieutenant Madeline Edwards
07 Jun 2022
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Camp Baird hangar named in honour of Governor-General

Governor-General General (retd) David Hurley has met with Australian Defence Force personnel deployed to the Middle East.

Operations & missions
Tim Burnell, Chief Executive Officer of INCAT takes members of the Service Attachés and Advisory Group through the company's ship building facility in Hobart. Photo: Corporal Robert Whitmore
07 Jun 2022
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Tasmanian Defence industry in the spotlight

Foreign military officials from the SAAG visited Defence industries in Tasmania from May 17-27.

Industry & partnership
Pictured is the new Australian Signals Directorate cyber and foreign intelligence facility in Canberra, An early warning system for cyber attacks is one of the new innovations to be pitched in the D.Start Ignite program’s upcoming online showcase.
07 Jun 2022
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Innovative ideas ignited in program to be pitched

Budding entrepreneurs are set to pitch their ideas to potential Defence and Defence industry customers in an online innovation showcase.

Industry & partnership
Able Seaman Ned Dibella takes measurements of a green sea turtle while taking part in a turtle conservation project.
06 Jun 2022
Navy
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Navy aviation technician dives in to help turtles

Able Seaman Ned Dibella has done volunteer work with the Queensland Turtle Conservation Project.

Community engagement
Mr Djambawa Marawili conducts a welcome ceremony for Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Michael Noonan, accompanied by Mudiny Mudiny Dhamarrandji playing the didgeridoo. Photo: Petty Officer Bradley Darvill
03 Jun 2022
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Shared maritime connection with Indigenous Australians

Navy marks itself a truly Australian Navy in a visit to the Yulngu nation.

People & service
The Kuttabul ferry sinking in Sydney Harbour in May 1942
03 Jun 2022
Navy
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80th anniversary of submarine attack

Memorial service remembers the lives lost when midget submarines entered Sydney Harbour on May 31, 1942.

Commemoration & history
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and then Officer Commanding Australia's Federation Guard Major John Cottis, inspect the troops from Australia's Federation Guard in 2011. Photo: Sergeant William Guthrie
02 Jun 2022
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Australia to mark The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Celebrations are planned throughout Australia in recognition of Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June.

Ceremonies & events
Chief Petty Officer Tina Elliot with Annette Gayula and Rosilyn Marawili during the Diversity Reference Group's visit to the community of Bäniyala, located on Blue Mud Bay in East Arnhem, Northern Territory. Photo: Petty Officer Bradley Darvill
01 Jun 2022
Navy
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Visit to Arnhem Land reinforces shared connection to the sea

Sailors from the Navy's Diversity Reference Group were recently welcomed by the Yolgnu clan in East Arnhem Land.

People & service
Petty Officer Jordan Bradshaw plays the didgeridoo at the Anzac Day commemorative service at Lone Pine, Gallipoli. Photo: Corporal David Cotton
01 Jun 2022
Navy
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Bridging cultural gaps focus of sailor's work

Building bridges between Navy and the world’s oldest surviving culture is a full-time job for Petty Office Jordon Bradshaw.

People & service
Anduril has partnered with Defence to design and develop extra-large autonomous undersea vehicles. Photo: Anduril
01 Jun 2022
Navy
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Partnership to develop stealthy capability

Defence has partnered with global tech company Anduril to design and develop extra-large autonomous undersea vehicles.

Capability & technology
The Jericho Disruptive Innovation team showcased 24 impressive prototypes at an Innovation Expo at the 2022 Air and Space Power Conference in Canberra. Photo: Wing Commander Michael Gan
31 May 2022
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Inaugural Defence science summit, ADSTAR to be held in July

The inaugural Australian Defence Science, Technology and Research Summit will be held in Sydney on July 20-22.

Capability & technology