Category : Defence

The first phase of construction of New Zealand’s C-130J-30 Super Hercules flight simulator has been completed in Canada.

Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/c-130j-hercules-simulator-takes-off/
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Category : Defence
Author: Tim Fish

Chris Luxon, the leader of the National Party and New Zealand’s likely next prime minister, has sounded more open to joining the AUKUS Pillar 2 technology initiative than the Labour party was.

Article: https://breakingdefense.com/2023/10/new-zealand-joining-aukus-more-likely-after-elections-bring-conservatives-to-power/
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Category : Defence
Author: MoD

Defence has launched a market research project to replace the New Zealand Defence Force’s domestic support vehicle fleet, which is currently made up of Unimog trucks and Mitsubishi Tritons.

Article: https://www.defence.govt.nz/the-latest/story/market-research-on-domestic-military-support-vehicles
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Category : News
Author: Simon Ewing-Jarvie

New Zealand’s general election is only part-complete with 20% of votes still to count.

Article: https://unclas.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/keeping-defence-discussion-alive/
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Category : Defence
Author: Greg Waldron

Boeing P-8A Poseidon martime patrol aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) are starting to have an impact regionally, including a long-range mission to locate a lost fishing boat.

Article: https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/rnzaf-p-8as-get-up-to-speed-on-search-missions-patrol-work/155366.article
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Author: Lucy Craymer

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Whoever wins New Zealand’s election on Saturday is going to have to make some difficult decisions on investment and staffing for a defence force struggling with aging equipment and personnel shortages.

Article: https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/news/new-zealand-election-winner-will-face-defence-spending-decisions-100900325/
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Category : Defence
Author: nzherald

The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) is currently unable to maintain the level of rescue fire services that are required to support the arrival of large passenger aircraft around the clock due to a national shortage of qualified personnel and very limited training options.

Article: https://www.currenttrends.news/2023/10/rnzaf-working-to-expand-rescue-fire.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Phil Pennington

New Zealand is hedging over a new US strategy to unleash thousands of battlefield drones to counter China, dubbed "hellscape" and "replicator".

The US has also begun experiments with swarms of drones with Australia and the UK in the AUKUS military alliance.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/497515/new-zealand-faces-dilemma-over-aukus-replicator-drone-swarm-plans
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