A team at Maynooth University were announced as winners of the first Organisation Innovation Challenge, a joint initiative between Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and the Department of Defence.

Source: https://carlow-nationalist.ie/2023/02/23/drone-and-satellite-project-tackling-wildfires-wins-e1m-defence-funding/

DPWI deputy minister Noxolo Kiviet told the committee that 920ha of this land could not be released as it was in use by other departments (including the Wingfield, Youngsfield and Ysterplaat land used by the Department of Defence and Military Veterans).

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/unused-military-state-land-for-housing-april-2023/

For Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s trip to Brussels on Wednesday, the Department of Defence had to hire a charter aircraft to take him there.

Source: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/government-jet-grounded-as-questions-arise-over-its-suitability/a39537773.html

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) welcomed today’s announcement by the Australian Department of Defence selected Lockheed Martin Australia as the strategic partner to steward AIR6500 Phase 1, Aug. 28, 2023.

Source: https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2023/08/29/australian-defence-force-selects-lm-australia-as-strategic-partner-for-air6500/

“Over the coming days the Department of Defence will work to ensure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself and protect civilians from indiscriminate violence and terrorism,” Mr Austin said in a statement.

Source: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-rocket-strike-benjamin-netanyahu-b1112004.html

The class action was filed in the Federal Court against the Department of Defence, on behalf of residents whose properties have been impacted by toxic chemicals.

Source: https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/8178162/class-action-trial-into-pfas-contamination-at-wreck-bay-begins/?src=rss

The Department of Defence has now been charged with breaching federal work health and safety laws.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12396087/Australias-defence-department-sued-1-5-million-two-soldiers-mauled-far-north-Queensland-crocodile-attack.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The government has decided that up to 12 Defence Forces personnel will be deployed initially to Djibouti as part of an Emergency Civil Assistance Team (ECAT) mission led by the Department of Foreign Affairs, in conjunction with the Department of Defence.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/ireland-government-announces-deployment-of-emergency-civil-assistance-team/

The US imperium, it transpires from material produced by the Australian Department of Defence, will be deploying some 700 personnel, with their families, to the state.

Source: https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/12/a-merry-aukus-surprise-western-australia/