Airborne Systems Europe and RNZN will join their counterparts in the UK Royal Navy and US Navy in fitting the Airborne Systems FDS3 decoy systems to their ships.

Medibank Health Solutions has entered into an agreement with Specsavers for the provision of services to Australian Defence Force personnel.

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Lockheed Martin has successfully conducted a fully autonomous resupply, reconnaissance, surveillance and target-acquisition demonstration using its SMSS unmanned ground vehicle, K-MAX unmanned helicopter and Gyrocam optical sensor.

The US Air Force has put Northrop Grumman on contract for one final order of remotely piloted RQ-4B aircraft, bringing the service a step closer to satisfying its total requirement and ending Global Hawk production.

Northrop Grumman and the US Navy have been conducting a series of cooperative flights from the aircraft carrier, USS Theodore Roosevelt using an X-47B UCAS and an F/A-18 Hornet.

Lockheed Martin has received a contract through the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences for the US Navy to evaluate and test two FORTIS exoskeletons.

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Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop, Minister for Defence Senator David Johnston, Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, met in Sydney for the annual AUSMIN.

The Armidale Class Patrol Boat, HMAS Bundaberg, has suffered extensive damage following a fire in Brisbane while undergoing routine maintenance at Aluminium Boats Australia.

BAE Systems is celebrating the first anniversary of the Hawk Lead-In Fighter In Service Support Phase 3 contract.

The first of two CH-47F Chinook helicopter simulators, worth almost $15 million each, have arrived in Townsville.

The DMO is currently considering leading Team Defence Australia trade missions to nine major international trade exhibitions through the remainder of 2014 and 2015.

3CSR has trialled a new aerostat system for communication relay during Exercise Hamel.

Twenty-one employers are getting a taste of military life this week when they head to the Northern Territory for the Department of Defence's Boss Lift to Exercise Pitch Black.