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Massive military jet catches curious eyes

A massive military jet had airport onlookers intrigued, after it was spotted doing low-altitude passes at Sunshine Coast...

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28th April 2020 2:04 PM

IN FLIGHT: A C-17 Globemaster flying low over the Sunshine Coast on Monday. Picture: Vanessa Adamson

$5.2 billion deal the 'birth of a new industry'

THE Maroon state has officially become the country's "khaki capital” with a victory in the Land 400 fight...

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17th Aug. 2018 12:08 PM

Defence Minister Maurice Payne, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Member for Fairfax Ted O'Brien and Federal MP Christopher Pyne at the signing of the Land 400 deal.

The army is using your money to pay vile twits

Defence has wasted thousands of taxpayer dollars hiring videogamers to publish pro-army posts in a bid to help recruit...

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15th Aug. 2018 5:08 AM

A YouTube video screen grab of Alen Catak aka, Champ Chong in a promotional video for the Australian air force.

Coast firm lands $2 million military contract

A CENTURY on from stretcher bearer Jack Simpson Kirkpatrick's legendary battlefield exploits, a Coast firm has used...

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13th June 2018 1:06 PM

Praesidium Global CEO David Baird welcomes a $2 million funding deal to build four new unmanned vehicles.

300 JOBS: $170m military centre work to start this year

Timeline, builder set for Redbank's LAND 400 site

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14th May 2018 3:05 PM

CONCEPT: Images of Rheinmetall's Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence at the Redbank Motorway Estate where it will construct the Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles.

Defence response 'at risk' if flood cuts RAAF base access

Infrastructure Australia's Priority Project list again ranks the urgency of the highway upgrade behind other projects

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28th March 2018 1:03 PM

RESPONDING: Soldiers from Plant Troop, 21 Construction Squadron, based at RAAF Base Amberley, help with the flood clean-up in the Ipswich area after the January, 2011 natural disaster.

PREVIEW: Rooftop laser, cannon firing range at LAND 400 HQ

Your guide inside Rheinmetall's world-class Ipswich facility to support the Australian Defence Force.

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18th March 2018 2:03 PM

WATCH: The historic army site to be revived by LAND 400

The Ipswich site where Rheinmetall will build combat vehicles

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15th March 2018 2:03 PM

ABOVE: An aerial view of the proposed Redbank Rheinmetall site.

Regions win big with local jobs from $5.2 billion deal

Ipswich, Cairns, Gold Coast and Maryborough the main beneficiaries as German contractor Rheinmetall to build 211 military...

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14th March 2018 12:03 PM

PM Malcolm Turnbull will launch a strategy to make Australia one of the top ten global defence exporters within the next decade. Picture: David Crosling

Coast could become hub for Australian Defence Force

$3.5M Coast facility provides Australian Defence Force troops with high-tech gadgets

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23rd Nov. 2017 11:11 AM

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