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Lockheed Martin is developing a cheaper variant of the MH-60R naval combat helicopter ordered for the RAN without a dipping sonar but with increased range and a reconfigured cabin.

Reports indicate that Defence is seeking urgent requirement approval for the purchase of mine detecting vehicles under JP 154 Phase 3 for use in Afghanistan to counter roadside IEDs.

The Australia - United States Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty is one step closer to implementation following the introduction into Parliament of the Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011.

A team from the DMO is in Fort Worth, Texas carrying out a risk assessment on the future of Australia's air defence, the Joint Strike Fighter program.

Boeing and the Australian Army recently announced the graduation of the 100th helicopter pilot to earn their wings through the Helicopter Qualification Course in Oakey.

The crew of HMAS Broome successfully prevented an environmental and maritime catastrophe off Papua New Guinea recently by providing assistance to a commercial container ship.

Defence has submitted what it terms a 'nonbinding/no-commitment' Letter of Request to the US Department of Defense seeking price and availability information on the C-27J Spartan light tactical airlifter.

Release of the tender for JP2072’s Phase 2B heralds a new era for ADF battlefield communications as inefficient legacy analogue systems are replaced with modern high capacity bandwidth equipment that will provide digital IP connectivity from HQ t...

Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare held a two-day round of meetings in September with senior Defence officials and the CEOs of companies which have projects on the Projects of Concern (POC) list.

The F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) test aircraft BF-2 made its first deck landing aboard the USS Wasp last month, the first at-sea vertical landing for the Marine Corps’ STOVL (Short Take-Off vertical Landing) version of the Lockheed Martin F-35...