Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the second MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the US Navy.

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Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract with ASC to update and modernise the ISCMMS on the Royal Australian Navy's Collins Class Submarines.

A $46 million contract has been signed with Thales Australia for in-service support on four Royal Australian Navy ships.

The DMO has announced the successful delivery and commissioning of a Cargo Compartment Trainer for the RAAF C-17A Globemaster transport aircraft.

Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia says more than 500 companies attended the supplier days it hosted during November, with the aim of encouraging Australian industry to explore opportunities with RMMVA and its key subcontractors relating to Land 121 Phase B.

Australia's first C-27J Spartan tactical transport has cleared the final assembly stage at Alenia Aermacchi's Caselle site in Turin, Italy, the manufacturer announced.

In an article in the Australian Army Journal, Captain Dean Clark sees the planned ADAS as suffering a loss in capability with the decommissioning of the ADF's LARC V amphibious vehicle without an identified replacement.

The team of SAIC, ST Kinetics and Armatec Survivability recently demonstrated wheeled amphibious modifications to the wheeled Terrex 8x8 APC.

A stealth technology expert, responsible for significantly enhancing the survivability of military vehicles and vessels, has won the 2013 Minister's Award for Achievement in Defence Science.

Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert joined Acting Chief of the Defence Force, Air Marshal Mark Binskin in Canberra to launch a major ADF workforce reform - Project Suakin.

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The annual Aerospace Education Awards have formally recognised the efforts and achievements of the 24 Aerospace Gateway School students and teachers throughout 2013.

What may well be an attractive 'add-on' capability for the C-27J battlefield airlifters Australia is acquiring, would be a gunship variant along the lines of the MC-27J, for which the Italian Air Force was named as launch customer during the Dubai Airshow November 18.

The Financial Times reports that Britain's plan to become the first significant power to outsource the buying of its military equipment is close to collapse after one of the two remaining bidders pulled out.

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has signed a contract for the delivery of Sea Protector Remote Weapon Stations for the Royal Norwegian Navy combat vessels.