Australian SME receives recognition
The Australian Industry Group Defence Council has presented Queensland company Micreo Technologies with a prestigious defence supply chain award at the Defence + Industry Conference 2014 in Adelaide.
White Paper released for public consultation
A 50-page Defence Issues Paper, containing a summary of the key issues for consideration in next year's White Paper, has been released by Defence Minister David Johnston.
Defence optometry contract cancelled
Defence's medical and allied health provider to ADF personnel, Medibank Health Solutions, announced that it has terminated its contract with its optometry service provider, Luxottica Retail Australia, effective immediately.
US discusses national security research with Australia
Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert, met with delegation from the US Department of Homeland Security to discuss collaboration on science and technology in support of national security.
Draft EIS released for F-35A operations in Australia
Defence has released the draft environmental impact statement for the proposed flying operations of the F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft. Premium
Australia seeks participation in Kongsberg's JSM
Australia is seeking expanded engagement in Norway's air-launched anti-ship Kongsberg Joint Strike Missile program, Premiumdefence week 310 »
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Combat Capability: Critical mass for battlespace communications | ADM June 2014
Late last year Harris delivered the 10,000th digital tactical radio under Phase 2A of JP2072 and now there are more digital radios in the fleet than legacy radios. Premium
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Combat Capability: The layman's Future Frigate gains shape | ADM June 2014
When first mooted, the program to replace the Anzac class of frigates with another, more modern version, aka the Future Frigate, might have been seen as something of a blank canvas. Premium
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Combat Capability: Lightning strikes twice | ADM June 2014
The first two Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force are due to roll off the assembly line in Texas on July 24. Premium
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EW: Defence seeks counter-GBAD trainer for aircrew | ADM May 2013
Under JP 3021’s first phase Defence plans to acquire a mobile threat emitter system to provide aircrew with EW training and mission rehearsal exercises against ground-based air defence (GBAD) systems. So far Australian aircrew have had to rely on the use of overseas EW ranges on an ad-hoc basis during Red Flag and similar exercises. Premium
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The July edition of ADM covers a wide range of topics surrounding the theme of force protection and weapons. In this edition we take a look at force protection post Afghanistan, Air 7000 – protecting borders, the future of ground based air defence, the weapons for the Air Warfare Destroyer and much more!
Also ADM acting editor Nigel Pittaway interviews Ian Irving – the chief executive of Northrop Grumman Australia.
