The three years Papua New Guinean soldier Derek Levi spent seconded with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) were some of the best of his life. "Australia felt like a second home. I never got ...

The treaty negotiations follow Canberra’s green light for a $600m plan to establish a PNG NRL team, with the investment by Australian taxpayers contingent on ongoing “strategic trust ...

Australia and PNG already enjoy close defence ties, with more than 1000 personnel from both countries participating in joint training and exercises in 2024.

The field-proven TeUAS will endure a series of trials and evaluations during major ADF exercises in 2025 SANFORD, Fla., June 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoverfly Technologies (Hoverfly) and their ...

Joanne Wallis receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Australian Department of Defence. She is a Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public ...

One of the world's youngest air forces is taking part in war games alongside cutting-edge stealth fighter jets as the Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea boosts defence ties with Australia ...

Anthony Albanese has rejected a blanket commitment to lifting Australia’s defence spending to 3.5 per cent of GDP, ruling out the renewed demand from the Trump administration.

Bohemia Interactive Australia (BIA) is pleased to announce that the Australian Army has renewed the Australian Defence Force (ADF) VBS3 enterprise software support agreement with BIA for the ...

But with the Defence Force about 5000 personnel short of its 63,000 target – and with ambitions to grow the size of the military to 69,000 by the early 2030s – the government’s strategy ...

The treaty between the two nations will solidify Australia’s position as PNG’s major defence partner and follows a key defence agreement signed by the two Pacific nations in 2023 to strengthen ...

Members of the Australian Army and Papua New Guinea Defence Force training together in Wewak on the north coast of PNG. (Supplied: Australian Army/3rd Brigade)It's often been reported that young ...