Canberra based diggers were issued with new R.M. Williams boots at the ADFA Clothing Store on June 10.

ADF medical personnel working alongside colleagues from the armed forces of the US, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Chile have treated almost 3,000 people in the Cambodian city of Sihanoukville and the surrounding region.

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The Royal New Zealand Navy's Canterbury-class multi-role vessel arrived in Pearl Harbor on 27 June for the 'Rim of the Pacific' naval exercise.

Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services and Spectra Group UK, a leading provider of voice and data services, has announced the launch of L-TAC VHF for civil government.

A French Air Force Harfang UAS has successfully undergone testing to prove that once it has taken off from its overseas deployment base it can be controlled from a cockpit located in France.

The US Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $3.6 billion fixed price, incentive fee multi-year contract to deliver 25 new E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft, bringing the total number of aircraft on contract to 50.

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Thales had two versions of the 4x4 on display at the Eurosatory exhibition in Paris last week. The first was the original for the Australian Defence Force and the second is the new Hawkei Version 2.2.

A recent issue of DWP reported that NZ's MoD was assessing responses to a request of for Information on possible replacements for the NZDF's 13,000 Steyr assault rifles.

Well it seems not, judging by the development work that Thales has put into the F88 Austeyr, a derivative of the Austrian Steyr AUG STG-77 assault rifle.

The ADF is readying the launch of ForceNet, a new human resources portal akin to a social network.

Defence has awarded a $6 million contract for new navy facilities in Sydney to indigenous construction company, Pacific Services Group Holdings (PSG).

The Heights School at Modbury Heights in northern Adelaide will become one of the most technologically advanced high schools in South Australia following the State Government's announcement that it is to become the state's only specialist defence campus.

Ultra Electronics has won a multi-year contract totalling over US$21 million from submarine maker General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp to build naval power supply systems.

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