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Category : Defence
Author: Lucy Xia

More than 200 civilian Defence Force staff have opted for voluntary redundancy, while more job cuts are on the horizon as the agency plans for a restructure to cut costs.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528488/defence-force-planning-restructure-to-cut-costs-as-200-civilian-staff-opt-for-voluntary-redundancy
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Category : Defence
Author: NZDF

The New Zealand Army has carried out a major war-fighting exercise as part of its build up to a significant multi-national exercise in Australia next year.

Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/major-waiouru-exercise-primes-nz-army-for-international-war-fighting-exercise/
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Category : Defence
Author: Phil Pennington

Analysis - New Zealand took another step closer to the US's space operations this week, by joining the satellite-and-debris monitoring Operation Olympic Defender.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527390/new-zealand-takes-another-step-towards-us-space-operations
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Category : Defence
Author: TVNZ
Category : News
Author: Simon Ewing-Jarvie

The Defence Capability Framework team will, no doubt, be working away on how much of the current wish list can be justified to government in a fiscally constrained time. I’ve gone for an alternative futures take on this podcast. For those not interested in war…guess what? War is interested in you.

Article: https://unclas.wordpress.com/2024/09/06/a-new-model-defence-force-2/
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Category : News
Author: Phil Pennington

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is helping the United States to train the Japanese military to monitor satellites.

The training comes after the NZDF received US funding to set up a non-classified satellite monitoring hub in Auckland last year.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/527095/nzdf-helps-train-japanese-military-to-monitor-satellites
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Category : News
Author: Alex Candlin

One of the Royal Navy's offshore patrol vessels has joined her inshore New Zealand counterpart for some important training in the waters off Auckland.

Article: https://www.forcesnews.com/services/navy/offshore-meets-inshore-hms-tamar-joins-hmnzs-taupo-training-auckland
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Category : News
Author: Kym Bergmann

Bohemia Interactive Australia (BIA) announced it has been awarded a contract by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) for an upgrade to VBS4, a virtual desktop simulation for collective tactical and mission rehearsal with support for over 100 training use cases. The award also includes an enterprise-wide licence and supplementary development by BIA to ultimately deliver a customised simulation to the NZDF.

Article: https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/new-zealand-defence-force-upgrades-simulation-capabilities/
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