Air & Space Power

Australia-led Exercise Pitch Black set to return with major international involvement

Exercise Pitch Black 2026 will bring international air forces together across northern Australia to strengthen interoperability, readiness, and combat coordination through increasingly complex aerial training activities in support of Indo-Pacific regional security objectives.
2 minutes
Hercules Guam Christmas drop
Communication & Cognition

Thinking About Thinking: How to Think, Not What to Think

Scientific thinking promotes questioning assumptions, evaluating evidence, and resisting emotional bias. It supports independent thinking essential for democracy, requiring discipline, humility, and practice to navigate misinformation, uncertainty, and complex decisions effectively.
6 minutes
Artificial Intelligence

AI in the modern defence space

Vection Technologies is expanding AI, XR, and edge-computing capabilities into defence applications through a defence-grade AI data platform and augmented-reality maintenance systems. It is supported by multi-year European defence contracts and ongoing military technology integration.
3 minutes
HMAS Diamantina, Newport
Technology & Innovation

Iran’s new mini-submarine

The fleet includes approximately twenty compact diesel-electric submarines that can carry heavyweight torpedoes capable of sinking large vessels. Shallow water operations make underwater detection considerably more difficult. Older anti-submarine methods may remain effective against mini-submarines.
5 minutes
Top End sunset at Exercise Talisman Saber 09
Leadership

Why Suppressing What You Feel Makes You a Worse Leader

Leaders perform better by understanding and processing emotions, not suppressing them. Suppression harms cognition, increases stress, and reduces effectiveness. Strong leadership uses emotion awareness, reframing, and connection—not a rigid unshakable façade.
8 minutes
Strategic Influence

Australia and India talk Defence

The two nations strengthened bilateral defence cooperation through the 10th Defence Policy Talks, advancing interoperability, maritime collaboration, joint exercises, and defence industry engagement across increasingly complex regional security and strategic partnership initiatives.
2 minutes
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Artificial Intelligence

AI in the modern defence space

Vection Technologies is expanding AI, XR, and edge-computing capabilities into defence applications through a defence-grade AI data platform and augmented-reality maintenance systems. It is supported by multi-year European defence contracts and ongoing military technology integration.
3 minutes
Air & Space Power

Australia-led Exercise Pitch Black set to return with major international involvement

Exercise Pitch Black 2026 will bring international air forces together across northern Australia to strengthen interoperability, readiness, and combat coordination through increasingly complex aerial training activities in support of Indo-Pacific regional security objectives.
2 minutes
Hercules Guam Christmas drop
Communication & Cognition

Thinking About Thinking: How to Think, Not What to Think

Scientific thinking promotes questioning assumptions, evaluating evidence, and resisting emotional bias. It supports independent thinking essential for democracy, requiring discipline, humility, and practice to navigate misinformation, uncertainty, and complex decisions effectively.
6 minutes
Personnel from the Australian High Commission – Tonga, on board a Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan aircraft during Operation Solania 25-2.
Strategic Influence

Defence helps Pacific partners fight illegal fishing

Illegal fishing costs Pacific nations heavily, but Australian-backed operations like Solania support Pacific-led surveillance, identifying suspect vessels and protecting marine resources against evolving threats such as misreporting catches and illicit transfers.
2 minutes
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