In a first for Australia, 2011 will see the commissioning of Chemring Australia’s new $30 million state-of-the-art manufacturing and development capability for air-launched countermeasures.

The first batch of Australian Defence Apparel's Tiered Body Armour System (TBAS) for Australian soldiers in Afghanistan has come off the production line.

Kontron has introduced the Computer-on-Module nanoETXexpress-TTc which is optimised for the commercial temperature range.

GE Intelligent Platforms has announced the PPC10A rugged 6U VME single board computer.

The Defence Science and Technology Organisation is trialling the NanoScale FAST-ACT Individual Decontamination Mitt for use against chemical warfare agents.

Babcock has restructured its operations and declared its plans for significant expansion of its defence sector business in Australia and New Zealand.

Raytheon Australia, Chemring Australia and Poongsan Corporation have teamed to bid for the Domestic Munitions Manufacturing Arrangements (DMMA) project.

Completion of the acquisition of cyber security company stratsec by BAE Systems Australia represents a significant shake-up for cyber security in Australasia.

Early-bird booking discounts on registration to attend the ADM2011 Congress and awards dinner, 15-16 February 2011, are available until 30 December 2010.

VTI Instruments has been selected to deliver the dynamic signal analysis instrumentation solution for NASA Plum Brook's Reverberant Acoustic Test Facility.

Ronson Gears has announced it has been appointed sole Australian agent for KHK Co Japan.

Teaming with the University of Michigan, US firm SoarTech was awarded first place at the first Multi Autonomous Ground-robotic International Challenge.

Hard copies of the 34th edition of ADM's Directory of Defence Suppliers are now available.

Bosch Security Systems has introduced a portfolio of high-definition (HD) solutions for the network security market.

Kontron is premiering its new cross-platform middleware, Kontron Embedded Application Programming Interface, at the 2010 SPS/IPC/DRIVES fair in Germany.

LeCroy Corporation, a supplier of oscilloscopes, protocol analysers and serial data test solutions, has launched the SPARQ Signal Integrity Network Analyzers.