General Dynamics Canada has been awarded a CA$32 million contract by Northrop Grumman Corporation for key communications network technology for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance program.

The Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile has been successfully launched from a Eurofighter Typhoon as part of the Future Enhancements Flight Test Program.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has seen the future of naval warfare and it’s falling upward.

The UK MOD has signed a nine million pound contract to provide the Armed Forces with more than 25,000 new Glock sidearms.

A new Pentagon report to Congress lays out critical technology areas for enabling heavy-lift, hybrid air vehicles to become practical for military missions, but the analysis is facing scrutiny on Capitol Hill.

The Colombian Air Force has ordered one more Airbus Military C295 to add to the five examples already ordered for use on military transport and humanitarian aid duties.

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Availability of the RAN's six-strong Collins class submarine fleet is far below that of comparable navies, but John Coles, in his second and final report on Collins class sustainment, believes this can be rectified by 2016.

The Australian Financial Review's John Kerin is today (13th December 2012) reporting that the Minister for Defence Stephen Smith is considering the "purchase of up to 24 extra Boeing Super Hornet fighters amid continuing concern over delays with the troubled F-35 joint strike fighter" program.

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has cancelled a tender for 3,000 upgraded Steyr 5.56mm assault rifles, according to well-informed sources.

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare announced Wednesday 12th December that the Government has received the Future Submarine Industry Skills Plan.

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare have updated the Projects of Concern list with the removal of the Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) Wedgetail Aircraft Project and the Lightweight Torpedo Project and the addition of the Mulwala Redevelopment and the Direct Fire Support Weapon Projects to the list.

Minister Smith and Minister Clare have also announced the signing of a contract with CEA for the In Service Support (ISS) of the Phased Array Radar currently being installed on the Royal Australian Navy's eight ANZAC Class Frigates.

NIOA has been appointed by ATK as their exclusive distributor in Australia and New Zealand for a broad range of products and services from the ATK Defence business group.

ITT Exelis has reached an agreement to bolster its air traffic management (ATM) and communications infrastructure capabilities in Australia with the acquisition of C4i Pty. Ltd, pending approvals.

Rohde & Schwarz has introduced the R&S SDTR, the first in a new generation of software defined radios, together with a family of network capable waveforms.