Tag: Australia
Rheinmetall expects further success in Australia after $2.5 billion order
Germany's Rheinmetall said on Thursday it expects success in Australia with different vehicle types after beating BAE Systems to a $2.5 billion...
Israeli intelligence helped Australia stop airliner attack
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday Israeli intelligence services had prevented the downing of an "Australian airliner" as part of wide-ranging...
International contract for Rheinmetall Denel Munition
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) will supply a complete suite of advanced 155mm Assegai projectiles to Australia's largest privately owned defence company NIOA,...
Drone rescues swimmers in Australia in world first
A drone rescued two swimmers off an Australian beach on Thursday, a world first for the fast-developing technology that seems perfectly suited...
Australian military developing ‘black box’ for soldiers
Australia is developing develop the equivalent of a Black Box for soldiers, known as the ‘Fight Recorder', for its soldiers to be...
Australian agency believes it can locate MH370 with ‘unprecedented precision’
Australia's main scientific agency said on Wednesday it believed with "unprecedented precision and certainty" that a missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft crashed into...
Ocean drift analysis shows MH370 likely in a new search area
A new ocean debris drift analysis shows missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is most likely in a proposed expanded search area rejected...
Australia, Indonesia making joint effort to protect WW2 wreck
Australia and Indonesia are sending divers to inspect the wreck of a warship torpedoed off the coast of Java during World War...
Suspended MH370 search could resume in future
The Australian government said on Wednesday it was not ruling out a future underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, but...
Australian MH370 report says plane in “increasing rate of descent” when...
A new report into missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 says additional analysis of satellite communications from the aircraft was consistent with it being...
Australia data shows gun controls a huge success 20 years after...
Australia on Thursday marked the 20th anniversary of a mass shooting which led to strict gun controls that have in turn led...
France sinks Japanese, German bids to win A$50 billion Australian subs...
France has beaten Japan and Germany to win a A$50 billion (27.5 billion pounds) deal to build a fleet of 12 new...
Australia may take in African rhinos to prevent extinction
Wildlife groups plan to relocate 80 rhinoceros from South Africa to Australia in a bid to prevent them being hunted to extinction,...
Australia says Mozambique debris likely from missing MH370
Australia said on Thursday debris recovered this month in Mozambique was highly likely to be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, while...
Australian navy seizes 2 000 assault rifles headed for Somalia
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) warship HMAS Darwin has seized over 2 000 small arms, rocket propelled grenades and mortars from a...
Australian woman freed by al Qaeda says her husband is still...
An Australian woman who was freed by al Qaeda after three weeks in captivity said on Monday her husband who was seized...
Australian sail training ship arrives in Mother City
The Australian Sail Training Ship (STS) Young Endeavour arrived in Cape Town on Wednesday morning, having completed its penultimate leg of its...
Australian sailing ship to visit Cape Town
The Australian Sail Training Ship Young Endeavour will call on Cape Town between 18 and 24 November, at the end of the...
Australian Navy vessel visits Mauritius
The Australian Navy vessel HMAS Anzac is in Mauritius to pay tribute to those who fought for the Australian navy during the...
Australian frigate visits Cape Town on commemoration tour
The Royal Australian Navy's helicopter frigate HMAS Anzac arrived in Cape Town on Monday 6 July as part of her Northern Trident...