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.

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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.

The US Air Force and Raytheon recently completed a four-year development program of the Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer (MALD-J) under budget.

Cubic Defense Applications has been awarded an additional delivery order by the US Marine Corps to provide an advanced Instrumented-Tactical Engagement Simulation System (I-TESS) II.

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Oshkosh Defense says that it has successfully demonstrated its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle prototypes at an event hosted by the US JLTV Joint Program Office in Quantico, VA.

The government has announced further initiatives to both maintain the capability of the Collins Class submarine fleet and further improve the submarines' maintenance, sustainment and availability.

The government also announced a major reform in the maintenance of the Collins Class submarine fleet, to improve submarine availability across the fleet of six submarines by reducing the planned full cycle docking period for each submarine from three years to two years.

The review into Land System Division is the first of a series of reviews into the structure and functions of the Divisions within DMO which manage capability projects to establish the optimal structure for these Divisions to drive improved performance, accountability and reporting in relation to projects.