QinetiQ Maritime's Paramarine ship and submersible design software has been selected by the Australian Maritime College to use as part of their maritime engineering training program.

At the SimTect this week, CAE announced that Ambulance Victoria has launched a simulation-based training solution integrated with a learning management system to help prepare for mass casualty incidents.

The DMO and the Primes participating in the Global Supply Chain program are holding an information session for interested companies.

The deputy chief of the Army, Angus Campbell, is being appointed to oversee "Operation Sovereign Borders" which will spearhead the Abbott government's effort to combat the people smuggling trade to Australia.

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The MoD has announced they will purchase more General Dynamic Foxhound vehicles.

MBDA has received a production contract from the UK MoD for the delivery of the Sea Ceptor air defence weapon system that comprises of the CAMM and system equipment.

The UK government has launched a new defence industrial growth plan as part of a larger move to develop the country's aerospace and defence industry.

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BAE Systems has teamed with Beechcraft and CAE in a bid to deliver the Air 5428 project - the Australian Defence Force's new pilot training system.

The acquisition of a commercially available computer processing unit and some in-house technical know-how has saved the Royal Australian Air Force $2.75 million.

NUSHIP Canberra's Command Team have had their first taste of raw LHD ship-handling, albeit at 1:20 scale.

DSEI 2013 opens having already broken a series of records. For the first time the number of exhibitors has reached the 1,500 mark, including a record 40 international pavilions.

Boeing is pitching enhancements to advance its F/A-18 Super Hornet into 2030 and beyond, aiming to anticipate the needs of the Navy (and the RAAF?) and secure further buys, as the service mulls the effective shutdown of the Hornet production line.

Launched on schedule last month, the sixth satellite in the USAF's Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) is expected to come on stream next year (2014).

The revolutionary jet scramjet engine, capable of operating at eight times the speed of sound, has arrived in Norway.