Airbus Group Australia Pacific has announced that it has finalised the acquisition deal to acquire the through-life-support provider with Safe Air’s former owners, Air New Zealand.

Advanced manufacturing company Quickstep Holdings has announced that its €4.24 million ($6.2 million AUD) contract to deliver the first Qure technology for a commercial client is nearing completion.

BMT Design & Technology (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, in collaboration with Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), has secured funding through the Australian Defence Science Institute’s Collaboration Research Grant Scheme which, this year, attracted more than 30 high quality research proposals seeking over $1.4 million in funding.

Rheinmetall AG today announced the appointment of Andrew Fletcher as Managing Director of Rheinmetall Defence Australia in a significant step that will see Germany’s biggest defence company expand its commitment to the region by establishing a new Australian head office.

Australia’s Chief of Navy VADM Tim Barrett visited the PACIFIC 2015 stand at IMDEX last week to review the current floor plan.

Brisbane-based Metromatics has announced the release of Acromag's new XMC-7K Family of XMC mezzanine modules enhanced with Xilinx Kintex -7 FPGA for low-power consumptions and exceptional processing performance.

New to the market, Harwin’s SMT, EZ-Test Points are low in profile with a small PCB footprint, making them ideally suited to applications where space is at a premium.

ADM's Editor Katherine Ziesing reported today that numerous sources had confimed that BAE Systems Australia has received calls from the Commonwealth to the effect that neither their off base (Tamworth) or on base (RAAF East Sale) options for Air 5428 Pilot Training system have been successful.

Codan Radio Communications, a division of Codan Limited (ASX-CDA), under a prime contract awarded to By Light Professional IT Services, Inc, has announced the contract award from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the implementation of their nationwide emergency High Frequency (HF) Radio Network.

AFL has acquired AFC, a leading manufacturer, designer and integrator of fibre optic and copper communication solutions with operations in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong.

Thales has strengthened its support to the Australian Defence Force with the opening of a new facility in Townsville, Queensland.

In a move designed to optimise capability support for the Australian Defence Force fleets of Tiger armed reconnaissance and Taipan multi role helicopters, Airbus Group Australia Pacific and the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) have commissioned a joint support centre on Brisbane Airport to be staffed by civilian and Defence personnel.

Orion Solar has been supplying Carmanah solar powered aviation lights in Australia for more than ten years which meeting the requirements of a range of civil and military applications.

It may surprise some to know that operators of military hardware often face the same complications as their civil colleagues when sourcing spare components for ongoing maintenance.

In 1956 sail maker Cliff Bartlett began repairing tarpaulins in his family home. It was a natural extension, using the same canvas handling skills honed in providing motive power for sailboats.

Ask a civilian how they imagine their government’s intelligence agencies’ communication systems work and they’ll likely conjure up a James Bond-like world of advanced gizmos that can quickly access everything from classified satellite images to the location of friendly forces in the field.