The UK's Ministry of Defence and BAE Systems recently announced details of last year's first test flight of the Taranis unmanned combat demonstrator aircraft.

DARPA and Raytheon are preparing to demonstrate a new capability that could allow joint terminal attack controllers to direct close-air-support munitions onto targets with great precision and within six minutes.

In recent weeks Rheinmetall has won major orders in the field of military air defence.

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Defence Minister Senator David Johnston has indicated an announcement can be expected in the near future on an independent inquiry into the $8 billion AWD program, but has stressed that the final position on any cost overruns will not be known until the program is completed.

Release of a long-awaited RFT for DMMA has been delayed until midyear, Australia's Defence Materiel Organisation confirmed to IHS-Jane's.

Defence contracts valued at around $27 billion could be the lynchpin for a recovery in Victoria's manufacturing sector after the departure of car makers Holden and Ford.

NSW-based STEP Electronics has partnered with BAE Systems to develop COTS terminals for use with the Wideband Global Satcom system.

Australia's chief defence scientist met with US Army leaders to explore opportunities for research and development partnerships.

ASPI Special Report authors Tanya Ogilvie-White and David Santoro have said that no country can afford to be complacent about the risk of nuclear and radiological terrorism.

The Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert has launched the Government's National Australian Defence Force Family Health Program.

Now in its fourth year, the ADM Cyber Security Summit will have a theme and focus on "Combatting Emerging and increasingly sophisticated cyber threats".

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Further to our report last week, the US Air Force is still many years away from fielding a hypersonic weapon system capable of delivering a warhead into denied airspace.

Following the release of a critical review of the P-8A from the US Defense Department's top weapons tester last week, Boeing, Navy and Pentagon officials have come out in support of the program.

QinetiQ has carried out a fatigue and fracture mechanics assessment of NATO's submarine rescue vehicle.