Defence has welcomed the Australian National Audit Office report on explosive ordnance procurement, and has agreed with its recommendations.

Frequentis has acquired the business and assets of Global Weather Dynamics, Inc. (GWDI) in a transaction completed at the beginning of March.

Tyres 4 U has introduced a new tyre tube, manufactured for Australian conditions.

GE Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, has announced the RXMC-1553 High Density XMC module.

Wartsila Australia has appointed David L. Trench as its General Manager of Services Sales.

Jose Ramos-Horta has presented Aspen Medical staff with the Timor-Leste Solidarity Medal for treating him after an assassination attempt.

Wartsila has introduced Environmental Services which offers customers an extensive set of environment-related services, products and solutions.

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.