Lockheed Martin has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Industrial Defender, a leading provider of cyber security solutions for control systems in the oil and gas, utility and chemical industries.

The Royal Navy's Lynx Wildcat maritime attack helicopter, is currently undergoing extensive trials with 700W Naval Air Squadron.

The first KC-130J Super Hercules tanker assigned to a US Marine Corps Reserve squadron was ferried from the Lockheed Martin facility.

The Polish Ministry of National Defence and Thales have signed a contract for the delivery of the integrated combat system and related acceptance activities on board the ORP ASLA"ZAK Patrol Vessel.

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Australia has invited the UK to utilise its Defence facilities in Darwin much like the US is doing, as the allies increasingly focus on the Asia Pacific region.

In an article in the current Australian Army Journal, Major Nicholas Rose describes three tools, applicable to offensive cyber operations.

According to BAE Systems the design and integration of state of the art sensors, niche expertise, and cost effective technologies are at the heart of the company's solution for the JP 1770 - M-REA request for tender.

The Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert, together with the Federal Member for Corangamite, Sarah Henderson, recently toured Geelong, speaking to local business and community leaders about Army's LAND 400 Combat Vehicle program.

Austal has been awarded a US$125m contract from a ME naval customer for the design, construction and integrated logistics support of two 72-metre High Speed Support Vessels (HSSVs).

The F-35 program executive officer US Air Force Lieutenant General Chris Bogdan recently met with employees and management of Quickstep Holdings Limited at their facility in Bankstown Airport.

In a combined French and Australian operation, naval ships seized and destroyed almost 650 kilograms of cannabis resin hidden aboard a smuggling skiff in the Red Sea.

The Defence Materiel Organisation requires a design for the replacement of the Machinery, Control and Surveillance System for HMAS Success.

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Aircraft builder Boeing is pitching Congress on a Navy and a broader Defense Department need for the electronic attack capability of its Growlers.

The US Navy has successfully completed the first test flight of IRST, a passive and long-range sensor, aboard a Boeing-built F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft off Edwards Air Force Base, CA.