The European designed nEUROn Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator successfully completed its maiden flight on 1 December.

QinetiQ have been awarded an 18-month extension to its Distributed Synthetic Air Land Training (DSALT) contract by the UK Ministry of Defence.

The initial two Eurocopter EC725 helicopters for the Royal Malaysian Air Force were formally presented on December 4 during a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur.

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Canada has developed a Joint Fire Support (JFS) system partnership with Australia with Australia establishing a Joint Fires Battlelab capability at Enoggera.

GE Marine has delivered two LM2500 marine aeroderivative gas turbines to ASC, in support of the Royal Australian Navy's third Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer, HMAS Sydney.

In April 2011, the Government announced that Defence would open up all roles in the ADF to women, including combat roles, on the basis that determination for suitability for roles in the ADF is to be based on physical and intellectual ability, not gender.

Defence Science and Technology Organisation has issued a tender for a help desk contractor to support around 2,500 researchers spread over seven sites across Australia.

Defence has selected Cloud and datacentre hardware and software vendor, Oracle, to upgrade its ICT infrastructure.

The Defence Signals Directorate has published two sets of guidelines for Australian government agencies contemplating a bring your own device (BYOD) regime.

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The US Navy and Northrop Grumman are jointly conducting ground testing of second MQ-4C broad area maritime surveillance unmanned aircraft system in preparation for its first flight.

The US Marine Corps has stood-up its first operational squadron of F-35B Lightning II aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.

The Danish Ministry of Defence has received proposals from eight European companies for a contract to replace the Royal Danish Army's ageing M113 armoured personnel carriers fleet.

The UK Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with General Dynamics Land Systems for delivery of additional Foxhound light protected patrol vehicles, defence equipment, support and technology.

The US Strategic Command has accepted the first mobile user objective system (MOUS-1) satellite for initial operational deployment.