ITT Exelis has equipped Spirit Airlines with its aircraft surveillance solution, known as Symphony OpsVue, to visually track its aircraft fleet while on the ground.

The RAAF has recently launched a General Purpose Uniform at the Centenary of Military Aviation Airshow.

Martin-Baker has completed the first production US16E Ejection Seat for the RAAF F-35, named the AU-1.

History was recreated at Point Cook when a replica Bristol Boxkite re-enacted the first Australian military flight 100 years ago.

Aidan Depetro from BMT Design & Technology was announced as the national winner of the 2014 AIDN Young Achiever Award.

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BAE Systems Hagglunds handed over the first of two pre-series upgraded CV9030 infantry fighting vehicles to the Royal Norwegian Army on 25 February.

The Pentagon has recently tasked the US Navy to look beyond the Littoral Combat Ship at a future surface combatant consistent with the capabilities of a frigate, Inside the Navy reported on 24 February.

Both LCS design teams, led by Lockheed Martin and Austal USA, have produced versions of their ships aimed at foreign sales, heavily loaded with permanently installed combat systems.

The South African Navy has been given the go-ahead to acquire offshore patrol vessels to complement its four frigates.

IHS Janes reports that Indonesian State-owned shipbuilder PT PAL plans to complete an indigenously-built diesel-electric submarine by 2018.

Lockheed Martin is mounting a strong defence of the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft program after the Pentagon announced its intention to retire its entire fleet of legacy 'Dragon Lady' intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft in favour of Northrop Grumman's unmanned RQ-4 Global Hawk.

Pizza with a three-year shelf life will soon be joining the US Army's field rations menu.

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An independent review of the $8 billion Air Warfare Destroyer program will be headed by former US Navy Secretary Don Winter, Defence Minister David Johnston announced at the ADM2014Congress in Canberra on 25 February.

Defence Minister David Johnston says he will use the innovative COCO agreement utilised by the DMO for a new CAE full flight simulator as a benchmark for what he hopes will be more of the same contracting model.