The new $25 million NIOA facility at Brisbane Airport was recently officially opened by Major General Jeff Sengelman.

James Fisher Defence has been awarded a contract by the Commonwealth of Australia for the long-term provision of the RAN's submarine escape and rescue capability for the next five years, plus options through to 2024.

Barrett Communications will be represented at the upcoming IndoDefence 2014 Expo and Forum, by regional representative, PT Wahgo International.

At the recent NZ Minister of Defence annual awards dinner in Wellington Daronmont Technologies took out the prestigious Minister of Defence Award of Excellence to Industry for the Provision of Excellent Equipment to Defence for the Replacement of the Communication Detection System that is being acquired as part of the Protector Remediation Project.

The first Frequentis ATM Users' Experience Conference has taken place in Budapest, Hungary from October 19-21, 2014.

Airbus Defence and Space and Tata Advanced Systems have submitted a joint bid to replace the Indian Air Force's fleet of Avro aircraft with the Airbus C295 medium transport.

Thales Australia is working closely with specialist suppliers at every stage to refine and enhance the design of the Hawkei including teaming with Quickstep Technologies.

The airborne capabilities of Thailand's navy and air force will be significantly enhanced with the acquisition of two mission-ready Airbus Helicopters rotorcraft types: the light-utility EC645 T2 and the 11-ton-class EC725.

Navy Health has joined the DefenceCare corporate family and will now assist to continue to provide services and develop new initiatives.

Organisers of Avalon 2015 are calling for nominations for the annual National Aerospace Industry Innovation Awards.

Lockheed Martin has established an Asia Pacific Information Communications Technology (ICT) engineering hub in Melbourne in partnership with the government of Victoria

Northrop Grumman Corporation recently hosted an Australian Supplier Conference, for small and medium enterprises looking to position themselves within Northrop Grumman's Global Supply Chain.

BAE Systems has secured a 16th successive annual contract to produce additional rounds for the Nulka active missile decoy.

The first Airbus A400M new generation airlifter for the German Air Force has now been painted in its new colours at the Airbus Defence and Space facility in Seville, Spain.

Quickstep Holdings Limited has been awarded a grant of $1.76 million from the Geelong Region Innovation and Investment Fund.

The third-generation (3G) Automatic Link Establishment waveform is considered the most robust and effective current standard with the shortest linking times.