Exercise Wallaby News Today

The Ministry of Defence's (Mindef) projected expenditure of around $20.2 billion this financial year represents a 2.5 per cent increase from 2023. This increase would also be higher compared to 2022, but "that was because we were gradually resuming projects and activities disrupted by the pandemic," said Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen on Wednesday (Feb 28). The Defence Ministry has...

The Forward Support Group forms the backbone of the exercise, doing everything from setting up campgrounds to vehicle maintenance to medical support. 

They are taking part in the SAF's long-running military training exercise in Australia. Read more at straitstimes.com.

CNA visits the Singapore Armed Forces' biggest unilateral overseas exercise being held in Australia. It will feature the first motorised battalion live-firing since 2012.

The Straits Times looks at what politicians, and the politically related, are up to in this weekly series. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen met Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Australia on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Army intelligence soldiers from 11C4I battalion flew the Veloce 15, a mini-unmanned aerial vehicle, at a site in Shoalwater Bay, Queensland. Read more at straitstimes.com.

They are in Queensland for Exercise Wallaby, SAF's largest overseas exercise. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Singapore News - SHOALWATER BAY, Australia - The rhythmic sound of helicopter blades and heavy downwash rolled across an open field as wave after wave of elite guards emerged from Chinooks and headed towards nearby shrubbery. This was the scene early on Saturday morning as the soldiers... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Troops will be put through their paces in the vast training area. Read more at straitstimes.com.