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.

The Defence Science Institute, a partnership between the Department of Defence and the University of Melbourne, will help create smarter defence solutions.

The UK Government agreed funding for Defence of GBP33.8 billion in 2011-12, GBP34.4 billion in 2012-13, GBP34.1 billion in 2013-14 and GBP33.5 billion in 2014-15.

New Zealand’s 2010 Defence White Paper was originally due out in March this year; by the time of the NZ defence Industry Association (NZDIA) Forum in Wellington it still hadn’t appeared and was expected this month.

The New Zealand Defence Force’s Annual Report makes for some interesting reading for those who take the time to read between the lines.

Unmanned underwater vehicles may replace fixed undersea sensor networks and could eventually be weaponised, according to US Navy officials.