EADS North America submitted its 8,800+ page proposal to the US KC-X tanker competition the day before the July 9 deadline.

The ADF's largest international maritime exercise, Exercise Rim-of-the-Pacific 2010, is designed to test interoperability with 14 Pacific Rim nations.

The US Defense Department is on the hunt for as much as $US12 billion in annual savings from procurement accounts, a top official said.

Thales Australia has a follow-on contract to supply minesweeping equipment for the US Navy's Avenger class Mine Counter Measure Vessels.

The Civil Aviation Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region has made a new order for Frequentis' electronic flight strips system.

The US Navy has exercised contract options funding Austal’s acquisition of long lead-time equipment for the construction of two additional Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV).

US Department of Defense officials have certified that six acquisition programs should continue under Nunn-McCurdy legislation.

The Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence hosted the 3rd International Forum on Challenges to Peace Operations in April.

EADS North America announced in April that will after all submit a bid on July 9 for the US Air Force's KC-X tanker modernisation program and will offer the KC-45, which won the previous USAF KC-X tender.

NH Industries has delivered the first NH90 NFH naval combat helicopters to The Netherlands and France.

Students from the Royal Brunei Air Force will commence basic pilot training at BAE Systems' Tamworth Flight Training Centre.

If the Littoral Combat Ship bid ends in a protest, the US Navy may have to rearrange its availability schedule or extend the lives of other ships.

US Defense Secretary Gates is challenging the military services to finance out-of-hide funding increases required to sustain and modernise the current force.

Austal has successfully launched Maltese operator Virtu Ferries' new 107-metre high-speed vehicle-passenger catamaran at its Western Australian facilities.

On Sunday 7 March, New Zealand's Minister of Defence, Dr Wayne Mapp, chose an early morning television show to reveal that the Defence White Paper (DWP) expected later that month ‘is going to be delayed a bit' until September.

L-3 Platform Integration of Waco, Texas, has teamed with New Zealand firm Pacific Aerospace Ltd (PAL) to provide the US Air Force (USAF) with a light mobility trainer aircraft for use by the Afghanistan Air Force.