Defence Minister David Johnston has confirmed the government's desire, but not its firm decision, to assemble the Collins class replacement in South Australia, while skirting any discussion on submarine numbers and stressing Defence's interest in Japanese technology.

Key recommendations in the 'Study Into the Business of Sustaining Australia's Strategic Collins Class Submarine Capability' were designed to ensure commercial, operational, sustainment and management issues that hindered the Collins Class submarines through the 1990s, would be solved.

The Japanese submarine Soryu is powered by a diesel-electric propulsion system.

Boeing will cut 300 jobs at its Australian aerostructures facility by the end of the year, the company said April 3, 2014.

A high level delegation from Aerothai has visited Thales Australia in Melbourne to view the latest in air traffic control technology and discuss the implementation of a recently-signed contract to modernise the country's existing system.

Micreo Limited, designer and manufacturer of RF subsystems for global defence and aerospace applications, announced the successful completion of AS9100 Rev C certification in April.

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An Australian research institute has won an international award for technology innovation.

Confusing signals have emanated from US Marine Corps commanders over the need for high water speed connectors to ferry Marines, their gear and even smaller amphibious combat vehicles.

Frost & Sullivan's New Market Insight 'The Future of Naval Logistics', finds that the JHSV offers notable project budget efficiency and has allowed the US Navy to quickly gain a cost-effective and operationally efficient capability.

The US Navy has unveiled a rail gun that fires at seven times the speed of sound - noting that "there's not a thing in the sky that's going to survive."

The Miysis Directed Infrared Countermeasure system developed by Selex ES was successfully demonstrated in March 2014 as part of NATO Trial EMBOW XIV.

Rheinmetall has just won another major order for military wheeled vehicles.

Israel's first Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules airlifter has arrived at Nevatim Air Base.

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Work on a $30 million through life support facility for the RAN's 24 new Sikorsky-Lockheed Martin MH-60R combat helicopters officially got underway March 26 with a ground breaking ceremony at the aviation technology park alongside HMAS Albatross in Nowra.