Minister for Defence Materiel, Senator Kim Carr gave his maiden defence speech at the Pacific 2012 conference this week.

Carr supports local manufacturing in maiden defence speech

After being assigned the Defence Materiel portfolio late last year, new minister, Senator Kim Carr gave his maiden speech in the role at the Pacific 2012 conference in Sydney this week.

The newest member of the Navy’s fleet, HMAS Choules, will be supported by Thales Australia and UK-based A&P Group.

Thales and A&P Group cooperate on HMAS Choules

Thales Australia and UK-based A&P Group and have signed an agreement to provide through life support services to HMAS Choules - the Royal Australian Navy's new Bay Class Landing Ship Dock.
Raytheon has announced that the ESSM will have its first land –based firing test later this year.

Raytheon and Kongsberg to fire first land based ESSM

The first land-based firing of an Evolved Sea Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) will take place in Norway in early May.
SME’s from Australia are providing advanced componentry for the Joint Stike Fighter’s electronic warfare systems

More global supply chain opportunities sought for SMEs

BAE Systems has announced the formation of a specialist team to identify more opportunities for Australian firms to secure work within its global supply chain.
The Littoral Combat Ship's mine countermeasures mission package will start its operational assessment testing of various components of the package in realistic at-sea conditions

LCS mine package undergoes operational assessment

Thee LCS's mine countermeasures mission package will start its operational assessment shortly, testing all the various components of the package in realistic at-sea conditions.
Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith with British Defence Secretary, Phillip Hammond during the AUKMIN consultations.

Mr Smith goes to Britain

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith visited the UK where he participated in the annual Australia-United Kingdom Ministerial (AUKMIN) Consultations and visited naval town Portsmouth.

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