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Nokia, Telia, and Finnish military achieve cross-nation 5G slicing

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April 10, 2025
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In partnership with Telia and Nokia, the Finnish military has conducted the first standalone 5G slice handover between multiple countries on a live network. The trial, which took place in March as part of a Nordic exercise, demonstrates the potential o…

RAAF airlifts fuel to flood-hit western Queensland

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April 8, 2025
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The mission earlier this month saw a C-27J Spartan from 35 Squadron deploy from RAAF Base Amberley to carry two loads of fuel, totalling 28 drums, from Longreach Airport to the town of Windorah at the request of the Queensland Government.

Aerospace precinct proposed near RAAF Base Edinburgh

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April 7, 2025
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The South Australian government has announced that a large parcel of land will be rezoned to support the state’s defence manufacturing capabilities.

Classic Hornet fighter transferred to Australian War Memorial

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April 7, 2025
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The aircraft will be joined by a damaged Australian Army Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle (previously gifted to Ukraine) and a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft in Anzac Hall as part of a $500 million redevelopment for the national museum.

Ghost Bat rival Fury limited only by ‘government policy’

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April 7, 2025
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Anduril’s Fury was displayed for the first time at Avalon and, unlike its local rival, is designed to work with a commercially available engine as well as Anduril’s autonomous software.

Defence commemorates Operation Babylift, 5 decades on

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April 4, 2025
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Announced on 2 April, 1975, the first two RAAF C-130 Hercules flights left Saigon on 4 April, bringing 194 children to Bangkok, where they were put on a specially-chartered Qantas Boeing 747 to Australia. Two more flights followed on 17 April.

Hercules to gain tech to repel electronic attacks

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April 4, 2025
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Defence has picked Northrop Grumman to install the AN/ALQ-251 system that can offer radar warning and precision direction-finding of radio frequency threats.

Hercules to gain tech to repel electronic attacks

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April 4, 2025
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Defence has picked Northrop Grumman to install the AN/ALQ-251 system that can offer radar warning and precision direction-finding of radio frequency threats.

Families informed as July 2023 Taipan crash report to release in May

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April 3, 2025
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Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class 2 Joseph ‘Phillip’ Laycock and Corporal Alexander Naggs lost their lives during the accident, which occurred on 28 July 2023 during Exercise Talisman Sabre.

RAAF requests more information on Euro sixth-generation fighter

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April 3, 2025
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Royal Australian Air Force head of air force capability, Air Vice-Marshal Nicholas Hogan has confirmed that RAAF personnel met to discuss the Global Combat Air Program and requested more information during the Avalon Australian International Airshow.