NZDF prepares for major warfighting exercise in Australia
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New Zealand Defence Force personnel and assets have begun to deploy to one of the world's largest multi-national military exercises being held in Australia next week.
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- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/05/nzdf-prepares-for-major-warfighting-exercise-in-australia/
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RNZAF NH90 fleet’s software upgrade a world first
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The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) NH90 helicopter fleet has just been updated with software and equipment that will now allow the aircraft to better integrate into New Zealand’s controlled airspace – and it was done in record time at Base Ohakea.
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- Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/rnzaf-nh90-fleets-software-upgrade-a-world-first/
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Navy helicopter upgrade needed after Seasprites 'worked to the bone' - experts
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The government's $2 billion spend on new naval helicopters is being welcomed by experts, but the opposition says other problems need just as much focus.
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- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/559902/navy-helicopter-upgrade-needed-after-seasprites-worked-to-the-bone-experts
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DCP 2025 - Thoughts
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After taking some time to reflect on the Defence Capability Plan (DCP) 2025, I am generally supportive of its direction and content. I agree with Judith Collins' characterization of it as a beginning — “the floor, not the ceiling” — and the analogy that the NZDF has moved “out of intensive care and into the ward.” However, much more remains to be done.
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- Article: https://www.nighthawk.nz/
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Government unveils $12 billion Defence Capability Plan
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The government will invest $12 billion over the next four years for a "modern, combat-capable" New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF).
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- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557432/government-unveils-12-billion-defence-capability-plan
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Read the DCP 2025 here.
