The Defence department has removed computing giant HP from the running for a contract worth up to $700 million to consolidate data-processing facilities from 280 datacentres across Australia to fewer than 10 locally and three globally.

The Department of Defence has extended Aspen Medical's contract to deliver the 'Care of Battle Casualties' training course to all ADF personnel deploying to the Middle East until August 31, 2014.

Organisers of the 2013 Pacific International Maritime Exposition have announced the shortlist for the inaugural Maritime Australia Limited Industry Innovation Awards.

Defence has been recognised as a leader in work health and safety at the recent 2013 Comcare Work Health and Safety Awards.

The first of October marks the 93rd anniversary of the Australian Hydrographic Service.

The Comparative Test Office is holding an information session for interested companies on Monday 7 October 2013 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.

BAE Systems Detica has appointed Craig Searle as head of cyber security, Asia Pacific.

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More than 700 people celebrated the delivery of the first production A400M new generation airlifter to the French Air Force at a ceremony at the Airbus Military Final Assembly Line.

Rohde & Schwarz has been selected, after a 12 month competition process run by BAE Systems, to be the preferred partner for the design phase of the integrated communications system for the Royal Navy's Type 26 Global Combat ship.

Northrop Grumman expects to complete a series of flight tests of maritime surveillance radar for the MQ-4C Triton UAV by the end of 2013.

Situational awareness will be significantly improved for the British Army following the development of a new battlefield geospatial intelligence system from Team SOCRATES.

The US Navy awarded Raytheon Company a $US243,478,659 contract for procurement of 89 Standard Missile-6 Block I all up rounds, spares, containers and services

HMS Duncan, the sixth and last of the Royal Navy's new-generation Type 45 destroyers, has been formally commissioned into the fleet.

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It's fair to say that eyebrows were raised at recent remarks by Steve Ludlam criticising ongoing changes by Navantia to Air Warfare Destroyer design as "way beyond expectations".