The USN plans to equip the Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout rotary-winged UAV with an electronic warfare capability through the development of a new external pod.

Australia appears to be on the cusp either of continuing with modest improvements in its ISR capabilities, or of seizing the moment for driving step-change improvements, a Kokoda Foundation report suggests.

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The Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert, together with South Australian Senator David Fawcett spent Tuesday afternoon speaking to local business and community leaders about Army's LAND 400 Combat Vehicle program at the historic Adelaide Oval.

Following a competitive tender process, Australian Helicopters has been awarded a 10-year contract with the Victorian Government and Ambulance Victoria.

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The Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) is an ambitious program to upgrade the technologies and performance of the EA-18G.

The US Navy appears to be ramping up its cyber war capabilities with a contract award that includes support for offensive cyber technology that could "destroy" enemy computer networks and perform cyber espionage.

The US Navy's acquisition of 26 additional EA-18G Growlers will be assigned to four squadrons operating with the USAF's expeditionary air forces and mounted on those craft could be some very advanced cyber weapons.

US Cyber Command, which has focused on developing forces to blunt attacks against national critical infrastructure, should delegate operational control of distinct combat forces designed to support military operations, a new report urges.

The UK Government has officially launched a new cyber security team which aims to manage cyber security threats and will function as a hub for sage and considered security response thinking.

Despite half a century of creating automated flight systems, emergencies aboard military aircraft still require flight crews to multitask like a one-tentacled octopus. DARPA is hoping to change this with its ALIAS program.

Following on from the completion of flight envelope expansion trials in December 2013, AgustaWestland gave the first customer demonstration flights of the AW609 tiltrotor aircraft in February.

Raytheon is developing a longer-range, fire-and-forget version of its Griffin tactical missile, with an eye toward eventually deploying the weapon as part of the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship surface warfare mission package.

The US Marine Corps is looking at a "family of systems" that will ferry its amphibious vehicles ashore in the near future, rather than one singular connector solution.

The USN's first MLP has completed installation of cargo transfer features, and is en route to San Diego, California, for its initial operational test and evaluation.