The Obama Administration recently launched the Cybersecurity Framework, which is the result of a year-long private-sector led effort to develop a voluntary 'how-to' guide for organisations in the critical infrastructure community to enhance their cybersecurity.

The Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) is to order a new 63m trimaran-hulled, stealthy missile patrol craft to replace KRI Klewang, which was destroyed in a 2012 fire.

Rheinmetall's MASS and ELTA's NavGuard ship protection system successfully completed trials held under the aegis of the German Navy in the Baltic Sea at the end of October 2013.

The Pentagon needs more time to develop highly anticipated draft regulations that would require defence contractors with security clearances to rapidly report penetrations of their networks and information systems.

Late last year, equipped with Thales's APAR, the Royal Danish Navy's patrol frigate HDMS Peter Willemoes performed live firing trials to demonstrate its air defence capabilities.

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According to the RAAF, the MQ-4C Triton UAS is an unarmed maritime variant of Northrop-Grumman's Global Hawk.

With Prime Minister Tony Abbott's announcement that the government would follow through with the acquisition of Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton HALE, together with his previous announcement that eight Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft would be acquired, ends a journey that began a decade ago.

Under a five year contract extension signed recently Boeing will continue to support the RAAF's Wedgetail airborne early warning command-and-control fleet.

The defence division of marine engineer Birdon of Port Macquarie, has been awarded a contract worth up to $US259 million to supply the US Army with up to 374 specialised bridge erection boats.

South Australian based manufacturing firm, Castech, recently delivered its first order of specialised castings to defence ship building organisation, ASC.

In late 2013, Raytheon awarded the contract for 15 DIVOS 3 log Air Traffic Control recording systems for the RAAF Bases to Frequentis Australasia Pty. Ltd.

Integra Packaging has recently developed a robust solution for the encapsulation of the RAAFs Sea Kings.

HMAS Darwin has seized and destroyed more than three tonnes of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of $137 million.

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The US Navy has awarded contract modifications worth US$1.38 billion in total to Austal USA and Lockheed Martin for the construction of four Littoral Combat Ships.