Improving body armour has earned a Defence engineer a prestigious engineering award.

Women from the Timor Leste Defence Force take part in a gender development program with the ADF.

As part of a multinational task force, ADF is helping plan and manage missions in the Middle East region.

Four Evolved Cape-class patrol boats commissioned at their home port of HMAS Coonawarra.

The flag has been lowered for the last time on Army's historic 6th Brigade.

Operation Okra, the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) contribution to the international coalition against Daesh in Iraq and Syria, has concluded with the remaining ADF personnel returning home this month. Established in 2014, Operation Okra was Australia’s commitment to the US-led multinational…

Lieutenant Jack Hawkins has traded the sun and sands of Australia’s beaches for those in the Middle East.

A Navy sailor has taken part in a special Christmas event at the State Theatre in Sydney.

Army chefs get the chance to cook up a storm in RAAF kitchens.

A father and son are serving together in Malaysia while supporting Operation Gateway.

Defence has awarded the next generation of Resource Recovery and Waste Management contracts to Cleanaway Operations Pty Ltd and Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd for the next six years.  With a cost of $560m including the annual recurring services fees and an…

Patron of the ADF Cadets Sir Peter Cosgrove reflects on some of the cadet activities of 2024.

Captaining a P-8A Poseidon has been a long-time dream realised for Flight Lieutenant James Lowing.

Indigenous students get a behind-the-scenes look at life in the ADF as part of Exercise First Look.

A warfighter exercise has better prepared ADF personnel for operations in the information environment.

The final nine of Australia’s full fleet of 72 F-35A Lightning II aircraft have arrived at RAAF Base Williamtown in New South Wales, marking a significant milestone in Air Force’s ability to defend our nation. The F-35A aircraft fleet, in conjunction with the EA-18G Growler and F/A-18F Super…

Personnel from the Malaysian and Australian air forces engage and collaborate for Operation Gateway.

A team from Army's 176 Air Dispatch Squadron packed Christmas cheer for airdropping to isolated Pacific islands.

This session provides an extended overview – tailored to the higher education and research sector – on the changes to Australia’s defence export controls laws.  Defence Export Controls representatives are joined by cross-government speakers to provide insights on broader Australian trade…

This session provides an extended overview – tailored to the industry sector – on the changes to Australia’s defence export controls laws.  Defence Export Controls representatives are joined by cross-government speakers to provide insights on broader Australian trade control and security…

This session provides a comprehensive deep dive on the new Section 10B offence within the Defence Trade Controls Act 2012, which regulates the re-export or re-supply of certain DSGL goods and technology outside Australia. It covers: what the new offence is and why it exists how to determine when…

This session provides a comprehensive deep dive on the new Section 10A offence within the Defence Trade Controls Act 2012, which regulates the supply of DSGL technology to foreign persons in Australia. It covers: what the new offence is and why it exists how to determine when it applies exceptions…

Allowable payment types provides guidance for pricing and payment types under the Support contract type.

This guide is intended for contracts that use Support template, a performance based contracting template. 

The purpose of this statement of work tailoring guide is to provide drafters with guidance for selecting optional components and for tailoring the Support template to meet individual program needs. While this guide is designed for use with Version 4.0 of the template, it is still generally…

The purpose of this guide is to assist Defence and industry users of the Support Short pricing workbook when tendering.

The guide is intended for contracts that use Strategic Materiel template. 

The document provides background information and guidance for the completion of drafting of statement of work clauses introduced to Complex Materiel Volume 2 template.

The purpose of this guide is to assist Defence and industry users of the Complex Materiel Volume 1 pricing workbook when tendering.

The acquisition pricing workbook is intended for use with the following contracting templates: Strategic Materiel Complex Materiel Volume 2. The guide has been developed to support the Microsoft ExcelTM workbooks that collect tendered pricing data and form part of the price and payments schedule…