Department of War

Australia expanded its HIMARS fleet as part of a longrange strike and guided weapons investment plan worth up to $37 billion.

Official announcements showed new energy compliance action, defence modernisation, NATO support, and maritime posture steps across 7 country clusters.

UK extended a £190m RAF A400M maintenance deal and opened transport security innovation funding to improve airlift and network resilience.

Australia will homeport at least two Arafura Class patrol vessels in Cairns, backed by a A$250 million base expansion.

Governments focused on defence industry, energy security, Ukraine support, maritime routes, AI risk and humanitarian protection.

NATO defence chiefs met in Copenhagen, elected Germany’s Carsten Breuer as next Military Committee chair, and reviewed deterrence and Arctic coordination.

Seven governments and EU institutions advanced defence procurement, energy cooperation, sanctions, and resilience measures during week 37.

Canada, Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands and the Department of War moved on drones, counterdrone powers and joint commandsystem procurement.

Joint Task Force Southern Border used an Army highenergy laser to disable three cartellinked drones, according to the Department of War.

Australia said the ADF backed a Pacificled Solomon Islands maritime security operation, identifying 19 vessels across 320,000 sq km.

Australia completed field trials of Project Boobook, a codeveloped highenergy laser system with Japan, with manufacturing investment planned.

Germany’s armed forces deployed helicopters and recovery tanks to support civilian wildfire response in North RhineWestphalia.

Germany’s armed forces set AI ethics rules that keep human control central and align military use with NATO responsibleAI principles.

The U.S. guidedmissile destroyer returned to Florida after an almost ninemonth deployment across three fleet areas.

Australia announced a $421 million upgrade to deployable health care for the ADF, including 3 fully equipped field hospitals.

Australia will spend nearly A$736 million on AIM260 airtoair missiles, becoming the first operator outside the United States.

Australia's cyber agency issued board guidance on frontier AI cyber risks, aligned with defence policy focus on advanced technologies.

Pete Hegseth said War Department performance over 19 months reflected service members and presidential leadership.

The U.S., Philippines and Japan conducted a maritime cooperative activity in the Philippines’ EEZ, with regional resilience context.