Readers may think that our enthusiasm for CEA's AESR, as opposed to PESA radars may be somewhat overworked, but it appears to us that CEA's radar technology has considerable promise in the development of ASMD packages.

After what has been an extraordinarily long time since they were first ordered, battlefield surveillance will be boosted across Army with the handover of 14 surveillance variants of the ASLAV from DMO to Army late last year completing the Land 112 Phase 3 project.

In a recent flight test in Australia, a Scan Eagle UAV succeeded in visually identifying an approaching Cessna aircraft, and letting its own ground-based operators know that evasive action was required.

The Defence Science and Technology Organisation and IBM Australia have entered into a strategic alliance to conduct collaborative research in a range of high-end defence technologies.

The Confederation of Indian Industry and The Australian Industry & Defence Network Incorporated have recently signed a MoU in New Delhi.

Australia's oil security will be scrutinised under a new Secretary of Defence Fellowship awarded to DSTO Senior Research Scientist Dr Greg Calbert.

The Australian motorsport community has thrown its weight behind the home grown Thales' Hawkei protected mobility vehicle.

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Boeing is helping Turkey improve its self-defence capabilities with the recent delivery of the first Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft.

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.