Twelve Australian defence innovators have been shortlisted for the inaugural Land Defence Australia Limited Industry Innovation Awards.

With Australia's new M777 A2 guns being stored around Australia, minimising maintenance and controlling corrosion becomes a key issue.

The NSW Government has made the decision to ban REA from supplying F1inSchools technology into schools.

Northrop Grumman Corporation, in partnership with the ASTA, is establishing the Northrop Grumman Science Teachers Project: supporting STEM educators who make a difference.

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QinetiQ reports that it has worked closely with the Royal Navy, against tight specification and time constraints, to develop and install specialist equipment to enable the move to mixed manning on submarines.

The US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Wide Area Surveillance UAS has proven its ability to operate with an expanded variety of intelligence exploitation ground stations and collect mission data in more places.

Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd have completed the delivery of the WARTHOG All-Terrain Vehicle in the GBP150 million Urgent Operational Requirement contract with the UK MoD.

The full version of Defence Week Premium no.314 of 21 August 2014 can be downloaded here as a PDF. A separate PDF of the latest Defence tenders can also be downloaded here.

Thales Australia is developing a new family of high-lethality small arms ammunition, including a 5.56mm round that the company says outperforms 7.62mm ammunition at all ranges.

The DMO has awarded a $105 million contract to Supacat to deliver 89 Special Operations Vehicles - Commando for the ADF under the JP2097 Ph 1B program.

Addressing this week's AOC conference in Adelaide, Mike Holmes, BAE Systems Australia's manager of Strategic Development, Land and Integrated Systems, queried the accuracy of the DMO's 2012 health check of the EW Priority Industry Capability.

It was reported last week that Defence Minister David Johnston had indicated the possible acquisition of additional Airbus KC-130 tanker-transports and Boeing C-17 airlifters for the RAAF.

The first of two LHD ships being built for the ADF, NUSHIP Canberra, has sailed on her final contractor sea trials before delivery to the RAN.

The following are selected excerpts from 'Australian naval shipbuilding since the 2013 election: a quick guide' authored by Dr Nathan Church, and published in the Parliamentary Research Paper series, August 2014.

US firearms company, Colt's Manufacturing Company has appointed NIOA as its exclusive distributor for Law Enforcement and Military products in Australia.