Banksia Scientific is geared up to supply the Mistral Golan series of bomb containers of different capacities rated to the quantity of explosives.

Rugged PC specialist Handheld Europe has launched its Algiz 7 tablet PC, which provides desktop-like computing power in an ultra-portable form.

GE Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, has released the G4ADSP rugged 6U VME multiprocessor.

Donaldson Australasia has integrated its DFT DownFlo technology into a solution to contain airborne particles during sandblasting processes.

Working through Inservis, CSM has been selected as a NSW Government Approved Supplier under Contract C1006 Steel Furniture.

Austal has announced the appointment of Chris Pemberton to the position of General Manager - Austal Service.

The Bushmaster Single Cab Utility, the HX vehicle series and the Zetros and Actros vehicles series will compete for Land 121 Phase 3.

When the AUG was selected for ADF use over the M16A2, it was decided that the green and black colour scheme was still appropriate for the ADF.

When ammunition manufacturers Ordnance Developments Ltd (ODL) decided to expand their export activities recently, the Wanganui based company targeted defence forces that, like the ADF and the NZ Defence Force (NZDF), that use the Steyr 5.56 rifle - which led them to the Irish Army.

"The Government is doing everything possible to give our troops the best available equipment to undertake their mission," the defence minister, Senator Faulkner, told the Senate in November.

While artillery's indirect fire capability may be king, for close combat operations the Army necessarily relies on direct fire weapon systems.

Former Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Director Keith Lippert headed the DLA between 2001 and 2006, leading a massive change program in the organisation that supplies the US military with the majority of its materiel needs.

The lengthy process involved in selecting a protected 155 mm 52 calibre self-propelled howitzer (SPH) for the army under Project Land 17 may be approaching resolution, given Defence Minister John Faulkner's recent description of such an acquisition as high priority.

As the Australian and US armies pursue their modernisation plans, there appear to be capabilities with attributes common to both.

Phase 4 of Land 121, Overlander, is no longer a one-camel race.

The Strategic Reform Program (SRP) is a new factor driving Defence to seek efficiency dividends and reduced sustainment costs for its military vehicle fleet.