In April 2014 it was announced that the government was developing a new Defence White Paper, to be released in 2015.

Aerosafe Risk Management have appointed Andrew Harmer as the company's vice president Defence.

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No doubt of particular interest to our Austal friends, US congressional investigators are recommending the Pentagon's acquisition executive to set three new criteria for the Navy to meet before soliciting bids for additional vessels in fiscal year 2016.

The KOR-24A Wideband STT co-developed by ViaSat and Harris Corporation has been certified by NSA and is ready for delivery to US and international military customers.

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In his opening address to the Defence & Industry conference in Adelaide on July 29, Defence Minister David Johnston outlined the Abbott government’s plans for Australia’s naval shipbuilding capability.

The first two Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters for the RAAF were formally rolled out during a ceremony at the historic US Air Force Plant No.4 in Fort Worth Texas on July 24.

The White Paper Defence Issues Paper includes a number of questions on defence industry for consideration including which industrial capabilities must be located in Australia.

First pass approval has been given to update the Nulka Active Missile Decoy launch capability, under project SEA 1397 Phase 5B.

In an article in the Australian Army Journal, Captain Anthony Bamford notes that it is now widely recognised that JP2048's ADAS in its current proposed form, would be incapable of OMFTS in the littoral environment.

It is believed that serious consideration was given to an arrangement with US authorities for the acquisition of a number of EFV-style amphibious combat vehicles as protected connectors for the landing of Australian troops in contested amphibious operations.

Australian Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles in Afghanistan had their protection improved during a recent in-theatre upgrade by a Defence Materiel Organisation team.

Looking at potential future roles for the Bushmaster PMV the L400 CONOPS which provides further Defence thinking on the provisioning of the three Beersheba manoeuvre brigades also discusses the roles of CS and combat service support assets within the close combat zone.

The University of Tasmania has stepped up the fight against terrorism by licensing two technologies, Scantex and CEScan, to technology commercialisation firm Grey Innovation.

A group of students from the University of New South Wales has set a new world speed record for an electric vehicle.