Transfield Services has secured an early services agreement with the ADF for the supply of land materiel maintenance services.

Spanish Armada ship ESPS Cantabria has berthed at Techport in Adelaide for an Easter port visit.

Lockheed Martin has appointed three new members to its Lockheed Martin Australia board of directors.

Two Australian Special Forces soldiers were wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated during a dismounted clearance patrol in Helmand province, Sunday 31 March 2013.

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The German Ministry of Defence has signed a memorandum of understanding with Eurocopter March 15 to reduce its orders of utility and combat helicopters, in line with the on-going reform of the German armed forces.

India's Defence Research and Development Organisation has successfully test-fired a submarine-launched version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile March 20.

The US Army is moving forward with a restructured Armoured Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) program that will downselect to one contractor sooner, according to a new draft request for proposals (RfP).

Airbus Military and PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) have signed an agreement covering the development plan for the NC212i light utility transport aircraft.

International Launch Services (ILS) and Intelsat SA have signed a contract for two firm ILS Proton launch missions.

EADS has received approval from shareholders at its Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in Amsterdam for a far-reaching overhaul of the company's corporate governance structure, including the election of new directors.

BMT Group has appointed David Bright, sector director for defence following the retirement of David Rainford.

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The Chief of Army, Lieutenant General David Morrison AO, has declared in no uncertain terms that "the Army is in great shape" but needs a return to "appropriate funding".

Repair Group Limited (RGL) have recently changed their name to Loop Technologies.

Newly arrived in Australia, BAE Systems' Detica has released its top five predictions for cyber security threats in 2013.