Kongsberg Protech Systems Australia is establishing an office in Melbourne to service Australian defence clients and expand sales in the Austral-Pacific region.

Byron Walpole from Austal was announced as the national winner of the 2011 AIDN Young Achiever Award at the ADM2011 Congress awards dinner in mid February.

Two companies have recently taken out listings on ADM's Directory of Defence Suppliers website.

AFC Group's third-generation MTP Cabling solution offers density and low link loss performance while providing an upgrade path to 40 and 100 Gigabit circuits.

The Tektronix Performance Scope Product Line has announced Floating Licenses for MSO/DPO5000, DPO7000, DPO/DSA70000 and MSO70000 series oscilloscopes.

GE Intelligent Platforms has announced the rugged, OpenVPX-compliant SBC312 3U VPX single board computer (SBC).

Minister for defence science and personnel Warren Snowdon has launched plans for the new Defence Joint eHealth Data and Information System (JeHDI).

Quickstep will manufacture and support various Joint Strike Fighter parts at the former Boeing site at Bankstown Airport under an agreement with Northrop Grumman.

Connector-Tech ALS is now distributing products from Sungjin in Korea, which produces a range of high-quality military interconnect solutions.

GE Intelligent Platforms has announced the first in a new family of VME multifunction I/O boards.

Tektronix has announced new input support capabilities for advanced waveform monitors and advanced waveform rasterizers.

Airbus has released a statement commenting on the upcoming World Trade Organisation ruling on subsidies paid to Boeing by the US government.

Israeli firm Rafael used LWC to highlight two main capability offerings; the Iron Dome antimissile system to protect troops from incoming rockets, artillery projectiles and missiles; and the ImiLite ISR exploitation system.

BAE Systems has acquired Australian information security company stratsec.net Pty Ltd.

The NSW Government has sustained its push to secure a growing share of Australia’s defence and aerospace market.

The DMO has begun the market solicitation process leading up to the restructuring of in-country arrangements to manufacture strategically important munitions.