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.

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Canada has issued a request for proposal to companies for supply of mobile satellite communication terminals for their national army vehicles.

The head of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service has told a Senate Estimates hearing that about 600 staff members would have to be sacked in the next four years.

The Office of Naval Research's manufacturing technology effort will potentially save the Joint Strike Fighter US$600 million over the life of the program through small investments in projects with a high return on investment.

Some ADM readers may have noticed that the biennial Land Warfare Conference has all but disappeared.

Aviation Australia has been selected as a finalist in the Education and Training category at the 2013 Premier of Queensland Export Awards.