The government says Australia's Defence Industry will be better placed to trade with the US in Defence goods, services and technology with the passage through Parliament recently of the Defence Trade Controls Bill.

The Australian government says it will work closely with University and research sectors to ensure the effective implementation of the strengthened export controls contained in the Defence Trade Controls Bill.

Flight instructors from Boeing subsidiary Boeing Defence Australia recently traded their training posts at the Oakey Army Aviation Centre for Gold Coast beach patrols as part of a unique arrangement between BDA and Surf Life Saving Queensland.

ADM Managing Editor Judy Hinz and husband Peter Masters (ADM's Books of Interest editor for nearly 20 years) are selling off their military history books in a one day sale in Brisbane.

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The US Army will select five companies this month to submit engines for testing in the service's quest to replace the current engine in the Shadow unmanned aircraft system (also in Australian service) the service's unmanned systems ground maneuver product manager said.

Boeing has delivered the fifth production P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the US Navy.

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.