Minister for Defence Materiel Dr Mike Kelly has announced the disposal by sale of the RAN's decommissioned ships HMAS Manoora and HMAS Kanimbla.

Melbourne-based Lovitt Technologies Australia (LTA) has been awarded a contract for work in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.

The Bundeswehr is procuring Rheinmetall's Rapid Obscurant System Land (ROSY_L) for protecting ground vehicles, the first customer to do so.

Airbus Military has placed a third work package with South Africa's Denel Aerostructures for the manufacture of structural components for the A400M military transport program.

ETU and AMWU health and safety reps have called for a cease work on the Royal Australian Navy helicopter landing ship NUSHIP Canberra until a full investigation and audit are completed on unterminated cables on board the ship that have been energised, ETU Secretary, Troy Gray, said.

A scientific analysis of commercial water filters could help reduce the amount of water Australian Defence Force soldiers carry and ease logistical burdens associated with resupply.

Australia and the US have agreed to progress to a larger six month rotation of around 1,150 US Marines to northern Australia from 2014.

A computer-generated animation has been released which highlights the multi-mission capability of the three naval destroyers being built as part of the Air Warfare Destroyer Project.

The 1,000th Bushmaster vehicle to be produced at Thales Australia's Bendigo facility will be delivered to the Australian Defence Force this Friday.

In an agreement that will save the US government more than US$800 million, the Army and Boeing have signed a US$4 billion multi-year contract for 177 CH-47F Chinook helicopters, with the Army holding options that could increase its total buy to 215 aircraft.

An aerospace engineer whose work supports the safe operation of the Australian Defence Force air fleet has become the first Australian to receive the international Jaap Schijve award for young aeronautical researchers.

The BAE Systems' Terrier Combat Engineer Vehicle has been officially accepted into service by the British Army.

Bell Helicopter's Bell V-280 Valor has been selected by the US Army for the Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Technology Demonstrator (TD) program.

The GDS-2000A series carries bandwidths of 300, 200, 100 and 70MHz

A US Army and Boeing team completed the first flight of the first of four EMARSS Engineering, Manufacturing and Development aircraft on May 22.

The Bridge for the first destroyer that is under construction as part of the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) project was this week lifted onto the ship structure.