At the third ADM cyber security summit this week, Major General Steve Day confirmed that he would be the first head of the new Australian Cyber Security Centre.

In a five-year strategy released in April, DSTO highlighted flagged plans to move its corporate applications to the Defence Restricted Network, which provides access to the department-wide intranet and about 3,000 applications, and is managed by the department's CIOG.

TC Communications has signed another contract to provide service and support to the ADF in their project to deploy integrated Wideband Global Satellite communications capability into the ADF.

Sevaan Group has set up its own blast room, adding a powder coating facility to increase scope for new orders across the industry spectrum.

Mediaware and Sentient Vision Systems Pty Ltd have created a technical partnership which combines Sentient's Kestrel Land and Maritime target-detection software with General Dynamics Mediaware's D-VEX next-generation tactical video-exploitation system.

FireEye has released their findings from a comprehensive survey of the state of Australia's cyber security as seen by executives and technical staff across a range of organisations.

J&H Williams has received the DTC Defence Industry Member Award for Outstanding Small and Medium Enterprise.

The US Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps have delivered a joint report to US Congressional defence committees establishing the initial operational capability of each service's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters.

New appointments have been made at Northrop Grumman Corporation and NewSat Limited.

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A formal request for proposals for the US Army's Armoured Multi-Purpose Vehicle that was expected this month has been delayed until July 22, the service said last week.

LAV-III armoured personnel carriers has drawn interest from several companies seeking work on the program's LAV Reconnaissance Surveillance System.

ITT Exelis has been awarded a contract valued at more than $US125 million by Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Md., to deliver the latest variant of the AN/ALQ-214 airborne jammer.

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Australia is among the 67 countries which have signed the UN's Arms Trade Treaty aimed at regulating the global trade in conventional weapons - from tanks, warships and combat aircraft, to assault rifles and their ammunition.

The US Navy has hired Electric Boat as contractor for a $14m FMS agreement with the Spanish Ministry of Defence, to provide technical assistance and review the S-80 Submarine project for almost three years.