This country will play a greater role in space surveillance with the relocation of a US C-band radar from Antigua to Exmouth in WA, which will be able to track items in orbit around the earth.

At the AUSMIN meeting there was also discussion regarding the relocation of a DARPA-built optical telescope from New Mexico to WA to monitor space debris and satellites right out to GEO.

A team of 16 dedicated and highly skilled ADF personnel, known as the Cooperative Project Personnel, are working in the US on Australia's contribution to the WGS Project.

Raytheon has demonstrated its upgraded SeaVue expanded mission capability maritime sensor to the Australian government.

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The tyres for the Joint Strike Fighter F-35B variant are being redesigned to improve the number of conventional landings each tyre can support and lower maintenance costs, according to a program official.

The US Navy has revised upward its manning plans for the Littoral Combat Ship based on analysis and lessons learned from the recent deployment of the Freedom to a total of 98 personnel.

Raytheon is pitching the Sentinel R.1 stand-off ground surveillance radar aircraft as a possible solution to bridge the UK's maritime patrol capability gap, a company official told IHS Jane's September 12, 2013.

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According to the CONOPS Land 400 is to develop the simulation system for the LCVS, which will be the foundation of future CAFS simulation requirements, operating within the DSE being established by JP3035.

Navantia has set afloat the first of 12 fast landing crafts, purpose built for the Royal Australian Navy that will fine their home on the new LHDs.

A wide range of opportunities are opening up to Australian manufacturers: a state-of-the-art chemical processing factory is being established in Adelaide to support the local manufacturing of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters components.

Included in ADM's tenders listing last week was Defence's potential requirement for 50 or more EW manpacks capable of detecting and direction finding emitter signals from 2Mhz to 3Ghz or higher.

The Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A full-flight and mission simulator from CAE has been accredited by the Australian Defence Force Airworthiness Authority to Level D.

BAE Systems Maritime - Naval Ships has announced the award of an initial four key design contracts for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship as work progresses towards a Main Gate 2 business case submission in the second half of 2014.

MBDA and Lockheed Martin have demonstrated the first launch of a Common Anti-air Modular Missile from Lockheed Martin's MK 41 VLS launcher using the host variant of the ExLS.