The Lockheed Martin HC-130J Combat King II and the MC-130J Commando II aircraft have been certified as effective, suitable and mission capable by the US Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center.

The US Navy is examining the potential of using Rotating Detonation Engines to improve fuel consumption and cut costs.

Inmarsat has announced that Shared Services Canada will deploy FleetBroadband and new Assured Access service that will provide worldwide coverage for 29 Canadian naval vessels.

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For the first time in its history, the RAAF will deploy ground combat forces to Afghanistan this week, when around 65 personnel from the Combat Support Group's two Airfield Defence Squadrons depart Brisbane for duty in Tarin Kot.

October 26 saw the closing date for comments on the exposure draft invitation to participate in the Future Submarine Integrated Project Team concept design activity for the fourth Sea 1000 option.

During a ceremony at the Thales Australia facility in Lithgow, NSW, Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare officially marked 100 years of Australian small arms manufacturing.

While the article 'Four contenders vie for JP2072 Phase 2B' in ADM's October edition noted correctly that Boeing Defence Australia was a contender for JP2072 Phase 2B's Battlefield Telecommunications Network, it provided little, but accurate, detail about Boeing's proposal that author Tom Muir was able to glean.

Sentient have signed a long-term licensing agreement with Insitu to integrate Kestrel land and maritime automated detection software systems into Insitu's Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

The BvS10 Amphibious all-terrain vehicle from Vehicle Systems Sweden was unveiled by BAE Systems at the 2012 Land Warfare Conference in Melbourne.

Defence manufacturer, Point Trading have launched their advanced night vision goggles, 'Night Eyes', at the Land Warfare Conference 2012.

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NIOA have announced the senior appointment of Martin Skin in the role of National Security Manager.

The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a further $315 million pounds for ongoing design work for the replacement to the Royal Navy's Vanguard class nuclear submarines.

Airbus Military has identified the cause of an in-flight refuelling boom detachment that affected an A330 multirole tanker transport early last month, and says the incident was the result of a unique set of test circumstances.

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking demonstrations of advanced technologies for the detection of improvised explosive devices, as part of its methods of explosives detection at standoff program.