Defence Force

"The drone doesn't know if it's being flown for military or civilian purposes", says Dr Isaac Henderson.

The navy vessel ran aground on a reef off the south coast of Upolu, and then sank, a year ago.

The plan will lift New Zealand's defence spending to more than 2 percent in the next eight years with the Defence Minister seeking to have New Zealand develop weapons for export.

The Pentagon's go-to killer dronemaker, Anduril, has cemented a big deal in Australia and has come visiting New Zealand.

Two-thirds of the new operating funding that NZDF sought was to deal with inflation, Treasury said.

Defence Minister Judith Collins says a lot has happened in the 10 years since the previous agreement.

A historian says the change could make any war crimes harder to prove.

Newly released documents also said there would be investment in systems to help them 'plug into' partner networks.

The C-5M Super Galaxy touched down at Whenuapai airbase this morning, delivering components for a new aeroplane simulator.

NZ Defence Force and Bougainville seem at odds over whether a RNZ Air Force Hercules C-130J had permission to land there.

The soldier, whose name is for now suppressed, was sentenced to two years of military detention.

The New Zealand Defence Force went over to the US to find out.

It would allow the Chief of Defence Force to sign off on having uniformed staff fill in for striking civilians.

Multiple failures of the crew, the ship, and the Navy itself were identified in an official inquiry into last October's sinking.

The soldier at the centre of the case was less James Bond and "maybe more like a bumbling wannabe-spy".

The military had already sourced bomb-clearing robots from Israeli firm Roboteam before the Gaza conflict.