The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) made their mark at the recent Australian Rover Challenge at 📍 Adelaide University, SA. 🤖 A triservice team of nine ADFA Trainee Officers and five civilian students from the University of New South Wales, Canberra, worked together as part of the Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) team, improving on last year’s efforts to place fourth overall this year. The Australian Rover Challenge is an international semi-autonomous robotics competition, where teams design and build a rover under 60kg to be operated remotely in simulated lunar operations. Read more ➡️ #YourADF#

Security and defence editor @haynesdeborah reports from Greece as NATO conducts its biggest ever special forces exercise in Europe. The 10-day event is designed to test responses to attempts by an unnamed enemy to infiltrate NATO territory. Read more:

BREAKING: The Russian defence ministry has claimed its forces have taken control of the village of Mykolaivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, state news agency TASS reports. 🔴 More on

Training the future force 💻 Defence innovation rarely emerges from a single lab, team or organisation. It is created at the intersection of operational need, scientific curiosity and industrial capability. When government, academia and industry work together, innovation accelerates – transforming ideas into real-world capability. This philosophy sits at the heart of the Australian Defence Science, Technology and Research (ADSTAR) Summit, to be hosted by @DefenceScience (DSTG) in 📍 Adelaide from August 4 to 6, where 'Integrated Ecosystem' is one of four key themes. Read more ➡️ #YourADF#

The UK will accelerate deliveries of air defence systems to Ukraine — Defense Secretary John Healey “I've directed for UK deliveries of air defense and counter-drone systems to be accelerated as fast as possible. We stand with Ukraine in the face of Putin's aggression.”