In this News Review episode, Grant McHerron, Ewen Levick, Nigel Pittaway and Ben Felton review their experiences from Day 1 of the Avalon Airshow. There's been a flood of releases and a number of briefings during the day, plus a few items that were released yesterday, including the big news about Boeing being selected for the F-47 Next Gen Air Dominance aircraft. We've received a number of updates on ADF aviation programmes, unmanned systems are everywhere, and senior Defence members are willing to talk to media at last.

It's a quick update of Day One and the full summary of news can be found on the link below. We'll have more news. videos and podcasts coming out during the show along with some long-format episodes coming out in the weeks afterwards. Stay tuned for more information!

Links:

The first day of the 2025 Avalon Air Show

www.australiandefence.com.au/news/news/the-first-day-of-the-2025-avalon-air-show

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