In December 2018, the first two of Australia’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighters arrived at their new home base at RAAF Base Williamtown near Newcastle NSW. This represented the culmination of considerable effort, Australia having...
Fighting in the Electromagnetic Spectrum with the EA-18G ‘Growler The increasing acknowledgement of the Electromagnetic Spectrum as a warfighting domain, similar to Air, Land, Sea or Space, points the way to the future of...
The Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) lives in a tough neighbourhood. In the south, China is trying to gain control of the Senkaku Islands using gray zone tactics, flying long-range bombers, sailing aircraft...
The past year has been an important period in the developing capabilities of the Royal Australian Air Force’s C-27J Spartan battlefield airlifter. The tenth and final aircraft was delivered to Australia in April 2018...
At the end of 2018, Australia’s maritime surveillance community witnessed a changing of the guard. In December, the Royal Australian Air Force’s AP-3C Orion force was retired – at least from the anti-submarine and...
Recent announcements by Government have once again focused attention on major naval shipbuilding projects to be started over the next decade but there has been a subtle shift in policy regarding SEA1180, the $3-5...
In late August, the Australian Navy received its 14th MH-60R Seahawk ‘Romeo’ naval combat helicopters. At time of publication Initial Operational Capability (IOC) milestone has probably been declared. Furthermore, the final helicopter of the...
In May, China publicly released its ninth Defence White Paper. While continuing with many earlier themes, this latest white paper revealed China will focus its force development efforts in four specific domains: space, cyberspace,...
Even before a design has been selected, much less the first steel cut on the Navy’s Future Frigate, political influence has come to the fore. In August, then-Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Defence Minister...
Standing up a new and complex capability for the first time is no easy task, but in the case of the EA-18G Growler’s Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) capability now being introduced into RAAF service,...
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