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Lockheed Martin to open Canberra Cyber Technology Centre in 2012

Lockheed Martin’s new NCITE centre in Canberra will be operation early next year.
Lockheed Martin has confirmed it will open its NexGen Cyber Innovation and Technology Centre in Canberra, at a gathering of leading IT technology providers operating in Australia.

NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopter complete

Eurocopter’s NH90 TTH has reached a major milestone.
The NH90 program has reached a major milestone with the declaration of compliance for the NH90 TTH (Tactical Transport Helicopter) variant's Final Operational Configuration.

Australian Industry Capability Plans to be made public

Minister for Defence Materiel, Jason Clare has announced a major reform to all future major Defence acquisition projects.
Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare yesterday announced that the details of the Australian Industry Capability Plans for all future major Defence acquisition projects will be made public.

Austal secures US Navy vessel maintenance work

Austal has secured a sub-contract from BAE Systems to provide structural maintenance services for the US Navy vessel “Sea Fighter”.
Austal's US operation has been awarded a subcontract by BAE Systems to provide structural maintenance services for "Sea Fighter", a US Navy Research Vessel.

Super Hornet pedal work stays in Australia

Ferra Engineering has signed a contract with Boeing to manufacture the rudder pedal kits for Super Hornets here in Australia.
Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare has congratulated Boeing for keeping work on rudder pedals for their Super Hornet fighter jets here in Australia.

General Dynamics to buy Force Protection

General Dynamics announce merger with Force Protection.
General Dynamics and Force Protection, Inc. have announced a merger agreement under which General Dynamics will acquire Force Protection for a price of approximately $360 million.

Thales invests in Australian satellite systems education

A two year masters program is being offered at the Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research at UNSW thanks to Thales Alenia Space and Thales Australia.
Thales Alenia Space and Thales Australia have announced their sponsorship of a new Masters degree program in satellite systems engineering at the University of New South Wales.

Aussie smart rifle ancillaries displayed at AUSA

Kord Defences’ SmartGrip Rifle Input Control (RIC) was shown off at the AUSA Expo in Washington last month.
Among other products aimed at improving soldier effectiveness, Thales showed an Australian plug-and-play rifle system at the AUSA expo in Washington last month.

NorGrum's $124m C-RAM contract award

A Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) system in Afghanistan.
Northrop Grumman has received a $124 million award to provide personnel for expanded operations of Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar sense-and-warn systems in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Sea trials for automatic deck-landing of UAVs

A successful landing and deck-landing trials using a moving platform have paved the way for sea trial of a deck landing of a UAV.
DCNS and Thales has announced the launch of a supplementary phase for the Technology Demonstration of a system for automatic landing and deck-landing of UAVs.

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