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Drones
Air

Top 5 actions to get drones into New Zealand soldiers’ hands

November 14, 2025

In the modern battlespace there are drones or there are targets, and it’s now time for the New Zealand Army’s leaders to make some decisions and take some risks, writes former New Zealand Army Officer Graeme Doull. […]

HMNZS Aotearoa
Defence

New Zealand Defence Force assets deploy to Asia for operations and exercises

October 26, 2025

The NZDF will shortly deploy air and naval assets to support United Nations monitoring of North Korea as it also conducts operations, training and engagements with partners while in the region. A Royal New Zealand […]

SH-60B
Defence

Wayne Mapp: Stepping Up for New Zealand’s Defence

October 18, 2025

The government has been signalling that by the early 2030s, defence expenditure will be at 2% of GDP. This can only signify an increased naval fleet, writes senior contributor Dr Wayne Mapp. The Minister of […]

Indo-Pacific
Defence

2017: The year we decided we were living dangerously

October 9, 2025

We once knew it as the ‘Asia Pacific’ region, but since 2017 it’s become known as the ‘Indo-Pacific’ – a small name change with far-reaching implications, writes Nicholas Dynon. New Zealand’s Defence White Paper 2016 […]

MRSS
Defence

New Zealand’s maritime fleet renewal and the Pacific-centric reset

September 18, 2025

Modularity, flexibility, and the exploitation of autonomy should inform New Zealand’s maritime fleet renewal, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts ONZM. In an article that provides invaluable insight […]

MH-60R
Defence

How did New Zealand end up buying only five MH-60R Seahawks?

September 18, 2025

New Zealand Defence has just procured a capability in insufficient numbers due to budget constraints, and this leaves the NZDF with little resilience, writes former New Zealand Army Officer Graeme Doull. The decision to acquire the […]

The Cube
Defence

EDGE Defence and SH Defence sign agreement to deliver modular mission systems to NZ and Pacific

September 16, 2025

EDGE Defence New Zealand signs Agency Agreement with Danish Global Company SH Defence to deliver Advanced Modular Mission Systems to the Region.  EDGE Defence Ltd has signed a formal agency agreement with SH Defence, part […]

Pacific reset
Defence

In Depth: New Zealand Defence needs a Pacific-centric reset

September 3, 2025

New Zealand faces a choice. We can continue to tinker at the edges, replacing old assets with new ones, or we can intentionally design a Defence Force for the Pacific. That means tough decisions, writes […]

Drones
Defence

Political leadership key to modernising Defence for drone warfare

August 14, 2025

New Zealand risks falling behind amid a drone-enabled transformation in warfare. We need a fundamental shift in both military strategy and our approach to innovation – and political leadership is needed, writes former New Zealand […]

Gambit 2
Defence

Teaming for success: Manned and unmanned teaming with autonomous aerial systems

August 11, 2025

With recent developments in manned and unmanned teaming (MUM-T) demonstrating its utility for defence and commercial aviators, there’s opportunity for New Zealand, write Josh Wineera and Derek Tunui. First there were manned aircraft. Less than […]

Bluebottles
Defence

HMNZS Canterbury delivers leading-edge technology to support regional security tasks in Fiji

July 20, 2025

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN) multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury has sailed into Suva for annual Operation Calypso, delivering Bluebottle USVs. Arriving in Suva for Op Calypso, HMNZS Canterbury carried into the Fijian port two […]

Crucible
Defence

Opinion: Beyond the crucible of combat, capability must evolve through competition

July 14, 2025

Preparing for the remotely fought battlefield will require the NZDF to take a new approach to simulation, wargaming and the development and testing of drone and counter drone technologies, writes former New Zealand Army officer […]

MQ-9B
Air

MQ-9B SeaGuardian: The future of maritime surveillance

June 25, 2025

Chinese Navy drills in the Tasman highlighted the potential cost-effectiveness of airborne surveillance with the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS). Earlier this year, a Chinese People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) […]

Indra
Defence

Rapid deployment with Indra DEMOCL3S state of the art command and control solution

June 13, 2025

Indra, a global leader in technology and innovation, announces the launch of its ground-breaking Deployable Modular Command, Control and Communications Shelter (DEMOCL3S). DEMOCL3S represents a paradigm shift in rapid deployment capabilities, allowing to establish a […]

NSM launcher
Defence

A Shield, Not a Sword – Strengthening defence through deterrence

May 31, 2025

Is it time for New Zealand to add a Naval Strike munition to its inventory?, writes former RNZN Chief Petty Officer (Combat System Specialist – Above Water Warfare) Jonathan Brooke. On arriving at the Devonport […]

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