BMT Isis has announced its latest contract with the UK Ministry of Defence's ECI Team, to provide a comprehensive review of its safety processes and associated documentation.

OCCAR and Airbus Military have signed the initial In-Service Support contract providing an 18-month A400M support services package to the French Air Force.

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There have been reports recently in the mainstream media about the hows and whys of BAE Systems Australia pulling out JP2072 Ph 2B. The worst of which is that the corruption claims against the UK parent company over two decades are some how connected.

In his third address to the Australian Defence Magazine Congress, Defence Minister Stephen Smith noted the important role ADM plays in fostering commentary and analysis on defence policy, major projects and equipment acquisitions.

Defence Materiel Minister Dr Mike Kelly this week announced the public release of the first Australian Industry Capability Plans.

A range of SME and Primes were recognised for their work in 2012 at the ADM2013 Congress dinner this week. The ADM/DMO Industry Awards recognise excellence in the level of collaboration between DMO and Industry teams.

Jessica White from MEMKO Pty Ltd was announced as the national winner of the 2013 Australian Industry & Defence Network Young Achiever Award at the ADM2013 Congress awards dinner on Tuesday 12 February in Canberra.

The DMMA program office in the space of less than six months has gone from a field of contenders of six teams to four.

The Defence Science and Technology Organisation recently completed a series of experiments to assess the effectiveness of the Bushmaster survivability upgrade kit.

The purpose of electronic support systems is to give shipboard command an awareness of any electromagnetic emissions coming from other ships or aircraft at ranges beyond the capabilities of radar to detect the other asset.

A hypersonic flight trial was recently undertaken by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation and the US Air Force Research Laboratory at the Andøya Rocket Range in Norway.

Lockheed Martin has launched in Canberra - SkyLine Enterprise - a platform to enhance the safety and efficiency of international air traffic management.

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The US Army reportedly continues to struggle with the higher-than-anticipated cost of withdrawing equipment from Afghanistan as key shipping routes through Pakistan have remained effectively unusable for the enormous undertaking, according to sources and documents.

The US Army is said to be watching industry to see who will be the first to fit an electro-optical sensor and an infrared sensor with wide area surveillance capability into a 15-inch turret for manned and unmanned surveillance aircraft, according to an Army official.