NEW WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT

The ADF has introduced a range of new weapon systems and counter IED equipment in response to the demands of the battlefield in Afghanistan........

SOMALIA

Australian naval Special Forces aboard HMAS Parramatta are the spearhead of Australia's counter piracy effort......

AFGHANISTAN

2RAR's Mentoring Task Group 3 is continuing the ADF's expansion of GIRoA control in Uruzgan while the AustSF of the Special Operations Task Group grind down the Taliban's leadership........

LIGHTNING II

Australia is watching closely as the F-35A Lightning II strike fighter project moves from the drawing board to reality ........

OTHER STORIES:

Timor Leste Task Group 3, Op Render Safe EOD PNG, C-17A fleet increase, Choules LPA Commissioning, EF-88 next generation Austeyr, F/A-18F Fleet Complete, Abrams Reactive Armour, C-27J Spartan buy, KC-30As, new LCM-1E Landing Craft, Bushmaster survivability upgrades..........