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. Includes M3 MAAWS, HK 417, Mk 48 Mod 0 Maximi, Mk 11 Mod 0,
F-88SA2, Tactical 2 .338........

LIGHTNING II

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

SOMALIA

Australian naval Special Forces aboard HMAS Parramatta and HMAS Toowoomba are the spearhead of Australia's counter piracy effort in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean off Somalia......

AFGHANISTAN

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

TIMOR/PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Timor Leste Task Group 3 operations in Timor and Op Render Safe 2011 - a joint ADF, PNGDF and NZDF effort to destroy remnant WW2 ordnance in the jungles of Papua New Guinea .......

OTHER STORIES:
C-17A fleet increase, HMAS Choules LPA Commissioning, EF-88 next generation Austeyr, F/A-18F Fleet Complete, M1A1 Abrams Reactive Armour kits, C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft buy, KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transports, new LCM-1E Landing Craft, Bushmaster PMV survivability upgrades.