SUVA, Fiji — Australia signed a new defense alliance with Fiji on Monday, bolstering ties with its South Pacific island neighbor as it seeks to outmaneuver China in the region. The Ocean of Peace alliance elevates Fiji to one of Australia’s few treaty allies and binds each nation to come to the other’s “mutual defense”.

Australia has released its 2026 Defence Industry Development Strategy (DIDS), outlining measures related to workforce development, export support, industrial grants,

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said the reforms seek to build “a more agile, disciplined and strategically focused Defence organisation."

SYDNEY, July 2 (Reuters) - Australia announced changes on Thursday to the way it manages the delivery of defence projects, aiming to curb billions of dollars in cost overruns and lengthy delays. • The government said it would establish a special agency to oversee defence project delivery,

BANGKOK (AP) — Australia’s defense minister dismissed concerns Thursday that a deal between the U.S., Australia and Britain to provide his country with nuclear-powered submarines could be in jeopardy, following a report that the Pentagon had ordered a ...