The RSN's participating ship in RIMPAC 2014, the Formidable has been selected to assume command of a combined task unit for the second RIMPAC in a row.

The US Navy's fourth joint high-speed vessel, the future USNS Fall River successfully completed Builder's Trials on July 2, a Naval Sea Systems Command spokesman said in a July 7 release.

Boeing Defence UK's contract to provide its ScanEagle unmanned air system for deployment on board Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships is to be extended for two years.

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Contractual and design issues around the ADF's fleet of MHR90 multirole helicopters have delayed the anticipated date of FOC by nearly five years.

RAN warships will be better protected against the threat of anti-ship missiles following a decision to equip the ships with an upgraded version of the Evolved Seasparrow missile system.

Kellogg, Brown & Root Pty Ltd has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to provide Capability Support Coordinator services for the LHD ships over the next five years.

After months of training with synthetic airframes, NUSHIP Canberra's Air Department was exposed to the real thing at HMAS Albatross earlier this month.

Like other like-minded organisations, BAE Systems has become an industry partner of the $88 million 'big data' Cooperative Research Centre.

Work to deliver modern, purpose built wholesale storage facilities on Defence land has achieved a milestone with the official opening of the Joint Logistics Unit (East) at Moorebank, NSW.

The ADF has a new Chief after General David Hurley passed command to Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin at a recent parade in Canberra.

A digital encryption technology developed by DSTO has won a prestigious South Australian ICT Award.

The Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Parramatta has completed its visit to Noumea, New Caledonia, before commencing a patrol as part of Operation SOLANIA.

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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