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German naval systems company Atlas Elektronik is showing a containerised anti-submarine warfare mission module to offshore patrol vessel operators in the Asia-Pacific region.

Reports that the US Navy's effort to develop and acquire mission packages for the LCS will cost some $7.2 billion emphasises what a disappointment this aspect of the LCS program has been to Australian industry.

The US Navy's P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft conducted its first training missions in the Republic of Korea March 27-31 in support of exercise Foal Eagle 2014.

Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract to support the US Marines Corps fleet of KC-130J air-to-air refuelling tankers, worth more than $50 million.

The full version of Defence Week Premium no.293 of 27 March 2014 can be downloaded here as a PDF. A separate PDF of the latest Defence tenders can also be downloaded here.

Professional Engineers Australia has called for the Minister for Defence to urgently review and invest in Commonwealth engineering capacity on the AWD and the Future Submarine projects.

In the near future, the Australian Government will consider the second-pass approval of the acquisition of the bulk of the proposed F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet.

The 2014 rotation of approximately 1150 US Marines will arrive in northern Australia in coming days with equipment, vehicles and helicopters.

According to the Newcastle Herald, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union said this week that Newcastle NSW could help build new steel-hulled patrol boats to replace a reportedly troubled naval fleet of aluminium vessels, said this week.

The ASLAV-S is a specialised surveillance vehicle equipped with thermal imager, laser range finder, day television camera and battlefield surveillance radar RASIT or AMSTAR on a hydraulic mast.

The Australian inventor of the black box flight recorder has been honoured with the naming of a Defence building in Canberra.

Soldiers on deployment will be safer when clearing areas of landmines and unexploded ordnance with the formal introduction into service of eight remote-controlled countermine machines.

A summary of the latest news and views in the defence industry, locally and overseas. Check out our webpage for daily news updates on the ADM home page and make sure you bookmark/RSS this for a regular visit.

According to Northrop Grumman the first stage of flight testing for the MQ-4C Triton has been completed.

Raytheon Company's Trusted Thin Client product was selected as the gold winner in the category "Security Products and Solutions for Government" at the 2014 Info Security Products Guide Global Excellence Awards.