Taurus System GmbH (TSG) has delivered the 600th, and final, Taurus KEPD 350 stand-off air-surface missile to the German Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB).

Teams from the US swept the board at the MAGIC 2010 (Multi-Autonomous Ground-robotics International Challenge) event held in Adelaide shortly before the LWC.

This year, the patience of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has finally been rewarded with the operational debut of life extended C-130H Hercules and the first of the digitally enhanced P-3K2 Orions. Yes, there have been delays and the challenges are not yet over, but the old aircraft are now demonstrating new tricks.

Canberra-based Kord Defence’s man-machine interface technology has been selected for evaluation by the US Department of Defense under the US Foreign Comparative Test (FCT) program.

The US Navy has awarded two fixed-price contracts to Boeing/Frontier Systems and Lockheed Martin for Cargo Unmanned Aircraft System services for US$29.9 and US$45.8 million, respectively.

Rheinmetall has concluded a framework agreement with the Royal Dutch Armed Forces to supply the Netherlands with an array of ammunition types.

Kord Defence's man-machine interface technology has been selected for evaluation by the US Department of Defense under the Foreign Comparative Test program.

Yakka Apparel Solutions has won the contract as the prime vendor to supply clothing, footwear and personnel support items to the New Zealand Defence Force.

Frequentis will deliver two air traffic control conferencing system to be installed in Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Moving closer to decreasing its need for petroleum-based fuels, the US Navy has flown an MH60S Sea Hawk on a 50/50 biofuel blend in Patuxent River, Md.

Memko and Verisurf Software have announced the completion of a distribution agreement enabling Memko to market, sell, install, train for and support Verisurf software.

Three teams from the US have topped the inaugural Multi Autonomous Groundrobotics International Challenge (MAGIC 2010).

The US Department of Defense is attempting to reduce the costs of overhead and support activities by bringing into the government work done by private contractors.

The US Navy has discussed gaining congressional authorisation to award each bidder in the Littoral Combat Ship competition a 10-ship block buy.

New Zealand faces increased challenges over the next 25 years and must increase its frontline capabilities, according to the NZ Defence white paper.

US Congress has been notified of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of SM-2 Block IIIB STANDARD Warhead Compatible Telemetry missiles.