• Australia Takes Command of Combined Task Force CTF-150 Pakistan navy Rear Adm. Zafar Mahmood Abbasi yesterday turned over command of Combined Task Force 150 to Commodore Gregory Sammut of the Royal Australian navy during a change of command ceremony here. CTF-150 is one of three task forces ope..
• First Australian F/A-18 Super Hornet Ready says Boeing; Electronic Attack Capability Provisioned Boeing announced today that it has completed production of the first Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18F Super Hornet that has the capability to be converted into an electronic attack aircraft. Boeing is pre-wiring the RAAF's ..
• Mahindra Aerospace to Purchase Aircraft Manufacturing Parts from Boeing Australia Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. has signed a deal to buy aircraft parts-making machinery from Boeing Co.'s plant in Melbourne, Australia, a senior executive from the Mumbai-based company said. "I believe the equipment will be shipped to I..
• Australian Defence Companies to Expand Presence in Indian Market Australia Thursday sought to expand defence ties with India with the signing of a pact between the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the department of trade and economic development of South Australia. The pact was signed at the..
• Australia Purchases Seven Additional Boeing CH-47 Chinook Helicopters On April 13 the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of seven CHINOOK Helicopters and other related equipment, services and support. The estimated..
• Australian Navy to use Thales missile control system Recently, the Australian Department of Defense and Thales Nederland signed a contract for a user licence of Thales's Mid-Course Guidance and Sampled Data Homing function. This function will be utilised from 2011 within the warfare ..
• Lockheed Martin Prepares Australia's First Aegis Weapon System For Post-Production Testing MOORESTOWN, N.J. | Four antennas destined for Australia's first Air Warfare Destroyer were recently installed in Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)'s Aegis Production Test Center, marking the full system's transition from production..
• Indian Navy acquires state-of-the-art Australian Minesweeping System The Australian Minesweeping System (AMAS), developed by Australia's Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), has secured a major export order with the Indian Navy now becoming the latest client for its innovative system that..
• Indian Navy Adopted NATO Procedures During War Games In what could signal a paradigm shift in its philosophy, the Indian Navy adopted NATO procedures during the five-nation war games also involving the US that concluded in the Bay of Bengal Sunday. These procedures have largely been evolve..
• Malabar 2007: India, United States, Japan, Australia, Singapore Begin Massive 5-Day Naval Exercises A multilateral naval drill involving India, the US and three other nations begins in the Bay of Bengal Tuesday, an event that India says is a pointer to the country's growing importance on the world stage. This is the first time a j..
• India To Acquire Australian Nuclear Fuel A decision to offer uranium to India to fuel its nuclear reactors is perhaps Australia's best gift to the country on the 60th anniversary of its independence. With the US signing a civilian nuclear pact with India, Australia could n..
• Australia To Support India In NSG; Nuclear Fuel Sales Australia, an influential member of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group which was earlier skeptical of the India-US civil nuclear deal, Tuesday 'congratulated' India on the 123 bilateral agreement and indicated it will consider ..
• India Poised To Start Importing Australian Uranium FOREIGN Minister Alexander Downer will ask cabinet to approve the export of Australian uranium to India in a submission to be considered by the Government within weeks. The Australian reports that cabinet's National Security Committ..
• India, United States, Japan, Australia To Hold Extensive Naval Exercise In September Twenty warships from five countries, including three aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and fighters, will assemble in the Bay of Bengal in September for a major naval exercise to be hosted by India. The other countries taking part i..
• India, Australia Sign Military, Maritime Co-operation Accords Casting away the mistrust triggered by the Indian Navy's build-up in the 1980s and the Pokharan nuclear tests, India and Australia inked an accord on Wednesday to scale up maritime cooperation and military exchanges. Coinciding with..
• Australia Eager To Update Defense Ties With India: Times Of India After years of being suspicious of India's growing military prowess, especially the expanding role of its Navy in the Indian Ocean region, Australia now wants to upgrade strategic and defence ties with India. The emerging contours o..
• China Nervous About Growing India-Japan-US-Australia Alliance China has asked India, the United States, Japan and Australia, who are trying to forge a quadripartite format not to go against the global trend and be "open and inclusive" while a Chinese expert believes it would "divide" Asia. "China ..
• Australia Keen To Build Greater Defense, Strategic Ties With India Recognizing India's emergence as a strategic and economic power broker in the North East Indian Ocean region, Australia is planning to build closer defence ties with it, country's defence department said. Years of mutual benign..
• Australia to Sell Uranium to India; Supports Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal Australian Prime Minister John Howard has expressed his willingness to sell uranium to India provided New Delhi adhered to strict safeguards, and said he would also back the India-U.S. nuclear deal. Australia's endorsement of the de..
• Australian Nuclear Industry in Favor of Nuclear Fuel Sale to India Australia could sell uranium to India without increasing the risks of weapons proliferation, a nuclear industry report tabled in the federal parliament has said. The report, from a bipartisan committee, finds "sound reasons to allow an e..