#AusDefence hashtag - Bluesky

Double Shock: Middle East Crisis Cuts Australia Off From Fuel And Chip Manufacturing Helium shortage compounds Australia's fuel crisis while China builds independence. Double exposure reveals strategic vulnerability.

1 week ago

Double Shock: Middle East Crisis Cuts Australia Off From Fuel And Chip Manufacturing

#AusNews #FuelCrisis #Semiconductors #SupplyChain #AusDefence #Breaking

thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-25-doubl...

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Australia's Dangerous Gap: Five Years When No AUKUS Submarines Will Guard The Seas Australia faces a critical vulnerability window from 2027–2032 when AUKUS submarines won't yet be operational. Defence strategy experts warn of dangerous deterrence gaps.

2 weeks ago

Australia's Dangerous Gap: Five Years When No AUKUS Submarines Will Guard The Seas

#AUKUS #AusDefence #IndoPacific #NationalSecurity #AusNews

thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-20-austr...

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Kyiv Pleads for Canberra's Focus as Aid Flow Runs Dry A Ukrainian parliamentary delegation in Canberra warns Australia against letting Middle East tensions distract from Kyiv, as aid figures show a sharp decline.

4 weeks ago

Kyiv Pleads for Canberra's Focus as Aid Flow Runs Dry

#Ukraine #AusPol #AusDefence #Kyiv #AusNews #UkraineWar

thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-04-kyiv-...

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AUKUS Is Buying Submarines. Who Is Going to Crew Them? Australia is acquiring nuclear-powered submarines under AUKUS but lacks the trained workforce to crew and build them. Analysis of the education and skills challenge the programme cannot ignore.

1 month ago

AUKUS Is Buying Submarines. Who Is Going to Crew Them?

#AUKUS #AusDefence #Submarines #NationalSecurity #AusEdu #AusNews

thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-03-aukus...

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Australian Troops Safe After Iranian Drones Hit Their UAE Airbase Defence Minister Marles confirms Iranian drones struck Al Minhad Air Base near Dubai, home to Australia's JTF 633, as the wider conflict disrupts global energy and shipping markets.

1 month ago

Australian Troops Safe After Iranian Drones Hit Their UAE Airbase

#AusDefence #IranWar #StraitOfHormuz #JTF633 #LNG #AusNews

thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-03-austr...

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Anthropic Pushes Back as Pentagon Labels It a Security Risk The US Pentagon has labelled AI firm Anthropic a supply chain risk after contract talks failed. Here's why Australia should be watching closely.

1 month ago

Anthropic Pushes Back as Pentagon Labels It a Security Risk

#Anthropic #AUKUS #AIGovernance #AusDefence #AusPol #AusNews

thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-01-anthr...

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2 months ago

Another great sale by EOS!

#ausdefence #ausinnovation

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Australia’s DroneShield Expands European Footprint With Handheld Anti-Drone Weapons Contract DroneShield has won a follow-on contract to supply handheld counter-unmanned aerial systems to a European military customer.

4 months ago

Sydney-based DroneShield has won a 5.2-million Australian dollar ($3.3 million) follow-on contract.

DroneShield, which has already delivered 12 contracts worth more than 70 million AUD ($45.4 M USD), excluding the latest order.

#Aussieinnovate #ausdefence

thedefensepost.com/2025/11/26/e...

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MQ-28 Ghost Bat To Fire AIM-120 Missile In First Live Weapons Test Next Month The live AIM-120 shot is part of the MQ-28's ongoing development for Australia, but additional customers could be on the horizon.

4 months ago

Is the RAAF going to be the first air force in the world to have fully integrated 'Loyal Wingman' drones flying next to crewed fighters on active missions?

Rather looks like it at this stage, with Ghost Bat missile testing next month.

#ADF #RAAF #ausdefence

www.twz.com/air/mq-28-gh...

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Param Only

@onlyparam.bsky.social

5 months ago

Israeli weapons companies should be removed from Sydney defence expo, MPs and human rights experts say Exclusive: Australian member of UN commission criticises Elbit and Rafael for being ‘key enablers’ of Israel’s war on Gaza

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #defenceexpo #australia #ausdefence #armstrade

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How Australia can supercharge defence innovation efforts ‘High-tech trench’ warfare was an oxymoron -- until Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.On Ukraine’s battlefields, Cold War artillery meets 21st-century innovation. Shells fall while AI-en...

8 months ago

Australia can involve itself with this frenzy of military innovation, learning how to create a similar innovation environment here at home.

#ausdefence #ADF #ARMY

How Australia can supercharge defence innovation efforts www.innovationaus.com/how-australi...

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AustChina Institute

@aci.org.au

9 months ago

The geopolitical tensions surrounding Chinese naval drills near Australia, the role of international law and exploring diplomatic solutions like a Code of Conduct to manage future maritime interactions

New from ACI: "Tensions on the High Seas: Chinese Naval Drills and International Law"
What role can international law—and a proposed Code of Conduct—play in reducing the risk of conflict and tensions?

Read our recent publication:🔗 www.aci.org.au/highseas

#AusDefence #AustraliaChina

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Defence Science Institute (DSI)

@dsi-vic.bsky.social

10 months ago

#ODIS wants to get to know the Australian #Test&Evaluation Industry better

Find out how #AusDefence is planning to engage with industry over the next year or so at the ODIS webinar - 8 May

https://bit.ly/3RPNGml

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Sam

@meanderingwitch.bsky.social

11 months ago

#ADF
#AusDefence
@australiannavy.bsky.social
#RAAF
@australianlabor.bsky.social
#AusArmy

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