The Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence hosted the 3rd International Forum on Challenges to Peace Operations in April.

EADS North America announced in April that will after all submit a bid on July 9 for the US Air Force's KC-X tanker modernisation program and will offer the KC-45, which won the previous USAF KC-X tender.

NH Industries has delivered the first NH90 NFH naval combat helicopters to The Netherlands and France.

Students from the Royal Brunei Air Force will commence basic pilot training at BAE Systems' Tamworth Flight Training Centre.

If the Littoral Combat Ship bid ends in a protest, the US Navy may have to rearrange its availability schedule or extend the lives of other ships.

US Defense Secretary Gates is challenging the military services to finance out-of-hide funding increases required to sustain and modernise the current force.

Austal has successfully launched Maltese operator Virtu Ferries' new 107-metre high-speed vehicle-passenger catamaran at its Western Australian facilities.

On Sunday 7 March, New Zealand's Minister of Defence, Dr Wayne Mapp, chose an early morning television show to reveal that the Defence White Paper (DWP) expected later that month ‘is going to be delayed a bit' until September.

L-3 Platform Integration of Waco, Texas, has teamed with New Zealand firm Pacific Aerospace Ltd (PAL) to provide the US Air Force (USAF) with a light mobility trainer aircraft for use by the Afghanistan Air Force.

VT Fitzroy (VTF) has successfully completed the first phase of the Royal New Zealand Navy's (RNZN's) Anzac frigate platform systems upgrade (PSU) on HMNZS Te Kaha at Devonport, Auckland.

Austal has completed its first European defence contract following the commissioning of four inshore patrol craft for the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM).

Engine problems delaying the maiden voyage of the BAE Systems Australia-built Royal New Zealand Navy offshore patrol vessel have been resolved.

Frequentis has presented a range of products and solutions at the ATC Global 2010 in the Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre, the Netherlands.

Austal has signed an unconditional contract with Oman's National Ferries Company for the maintenance of seven large high-speed craft.

Austal has completed its first European defence contract following the commissioning of four inshore patrol craft for the Armed Forces of Malta.

Lockheed Martin has been awarded an initial 10-year contract valued at more than US$100 million by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) to provide its Army with warehousing and repair services.