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BAE Systems Australia is hoping its combination of local smarts, built on programs like Parakeet and Raven, and reachback to similar programs by its UK parent will help it secure the prime contract for JP2072 Phase 2B

No sooner had Minister for Defence Stephen Smith taken delivery of the RAAF’s fifth C-17A Globemaster III airlifter, whose purchase was announced at this year’s Avalon air show, than he announced the likely purchase of a sixth C-17A.

UK online journal, Battlespace reports that the UK’s Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox intends to follow Australia’s example by publishing a list of ‘contracts of concern’, pending the outcome of a Major Projects Review Board (MPRB) meeting schedule f...

Project Sea 1442 is the mechanism by which Defence is networking the Navy’s surface fleet with a new architecture of IP-based wide area networks and a new generations of communications bearers. Phase 3 is already successfully under way with 2nd Pa...

CAE Australia has upgraded the RAAF’s C-130J Hercules full-flight and mission simulator (FFMS) at Richmond to provide additional tactical training capabilities. The upgrade was completed on budget and without taking the simulator out of service.

BAE Systems Australia has delivered two more keel blocks for the first Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD). The two blocks were barged to the ASC yard at Osborne, SA, from Williamstown in September; the first block was delivered from Williams...

Raytheon Australia has finessed itself into a strong position to bid for prime contractorship on the ADF’s Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) project. Its securing of the second HMI contract will help it introduce the bell 429 to the ADF wh...

The NZ Defence Force is replacing or upgrading key parts of its small arms fleet. The costs are under control but delays highlight the importance of a properly manned project office.

Rear Admiral (Ret) Brian Adams, AO, spent 37 years in the RAN, much of that time as a specialist in Joint and Amphibious warfare and some of it instructing, both in Australia and the UK. He spoke to Editor at Large Gregor Ferguson.

Brisbane-based telecommunications specialist EM Solutions was awarded a CTD contract to develop a Satcom on-themove terminal suitable for WGS operations – and succeeded.