The contract for 26 Rafale jets deepens a long-standing partnership —supporting local industry and expanding India’s reach across air and sea. Replaces MiG-29’s. Future additions include collaborative aircraft. Shared systems with Indian Air Force.

Australia’s long-standing neglect of transport infrastructure poses real risks—without a national logistics plan, critical operations could stall before they begin. Townsville bases face major supply challenges so transport, logistics and defence integration urgently needed.

A Tasmanian shipbuilder has launched a 40 megawatt-hour, fully electric ferry—demonstrating that large-scale, low-emission marine transport is not only viable, but already underway. It carries 2,100 passengers and 225 vehicles powered by electric water jets.

Resilience means having the ability to cope with, and rebound from, life’s challenges and still achieve our goals. Our capacity to cope with stressors can determine whether we thrive, or just survive.

This article reinforces how competence of military personnel is not determined by an archetypal warrior based on sex, gender, sexuality or ethnicity. Diversity among personnel has proven to enhance operational effectiveness, situational awareness and problem solving.

Recent US military focus on family care and base support options has improved quality of life. Impending cuts to Defense civilian workforce may undermine essential support to military, highlighting the nexus between uniformed and civilian workers.

A senior Commander promotes that three-year cycles doesn’t make sense and US Marines should have more autonomy over their postings. Recruiting and retention strains within the military are overturning traditional personnel policies globally.

After months of negotiation, the United States and Ukraine have struck an economic partnership, intended to open US access to Ukraine’s natural resources—including its critical minerals—while helping to finance Ukraine’s reconstruction.

America’s Air Force has been worn dangerously thin by more than 30 years of non-stop combat operations and perennial underfunding for modernization. At present, the USAF is now the oldest and smallest in its history.

The origins of pilots burning pianos isn’t entirely clear. Mostly undisputed, however, is that the tradition traces to early Royal Air Force pilots as a way of honouring aircrew who didn’t return from missions.