Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed what could become low-cost, X-ray vision.

Cubic Defense Applications has acquired certain assets and foreign subsidiaries of Advanced Interactive Systems through a bankruptcy auction.

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Following the release of an RFT offering the Royal Australian Navy's decommissioned ships HMAS Manoora and HMAS Kanimbla for sale in June last year, the Government has announced that contract negotiations with the preferred purchaser were completed by May this year with a disposal contract signed on 20 May 2013.

Five Australian defence companies will be offered a total of $9.4 million in funding through the second round of the Priority Industry Capability Innovation Program (PICIP).

Soldiers from 1RAR and 2RAR were exposed to the power and mobility of the new multi-role combat brigade formation in the combined arms training activity led by 3 Bde held in Townsville from May 9 to June 1.

While the previous article describes combines arms training activities within the context of the Army's multi role combat brigade formation under Plan Beersheba, the role of the land force in a maritime context, particularly in relation to Army's development of an amphibious capability and acquisition of two Landing Helicopter Docks is noticeably lacking.

In a post in ASPI's The Strategist this week, Andrew Davies suggests that business case conditions for rolling production might well exist in the case of the patrol boats.

A study has reinforced how the Department of Defence's Diggerworks initiative has improved the way Australian soldiers are equipped for combat.

SlingShot, an external applique which adds a beyond line-of-sight capability to a conventional combat net radio, is expected to complete its initial round of electromagnetic compatibility trials by the end of this month, according to the Spectra Group.

Ferra Engineering announced at the Paris Air Show it is to open a new facility in the US.

Early Bird discount for SimTecT 2013 closes on 30 June 2013.

A new appointment has been made at Defence SA.

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The Pentagon hired nearly 1,300 new civilians in fiscal year 2012 with money from the DWADF, with more than a third of the new hires specialising in contracting, Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall told lawmakers in a recent report.

The Royal Navy has signed a GBP 30 million (about $46.9 million) contract to buy ScanEagle UAVs, for use from Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships like the Bay Class amphibious landing ships, as well as surface combatants like Britain's frigates, destroyers, and helicopter carriers.