A who's who of Australian and Swedish Defence people gathered in Canberra this week to look at ways to further improve the already strong relationship.

The Government last week confirmed the signing of the $73.9 million Increment 3 Project Arrangement with the United States Navy for the P-8A aircraft, which will replace the AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft.

Indra will implement its new Tactical Communication Router for the Royal Australian Airforce's Airspace Controller teams.

Ammunition manufacturer ATK has partnered with NIOA, Australia's largest ammunition supplier, to bid for the running of the Commonwealth's Benalla and Mulwala munitions facilities in the DMMA Project.

The US Navy has posted a request for information reaching out to industry for help in identifying an operationally ready, helmet-mounted display system to be used on UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters.

Tectonica have launched their "Got a Great App Idea" competition. The winner will receive $5,000 in prize money for the best Defence or Security based App idea.

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Following the announcements made by BAE Systems and EADS in relation to a possible combination of their businesses through a dual listed company structure, BAE Systems and EADS announce that they have decided to terminate their discussions.

Northrop Grumman has announced that it has recently completed a series of flight demonstrations with DARPA and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, marking an important milestone in DARPA's AHR program.

Time Magazine's John Sayen says the US Navy's newest ship, the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), is woefully inferior to comparable ships.

With the solid-state high-energy lasers already being tested on the sea and in the air, Boeing is continuing development of a truck-mounted system.

The US Navy is purchasing 10 semi-autonomous SeaFox mine identification and neutralization systems as part of an urgent operational need from 5th Fleet.

Rolls-Royce has been awarded a US$103.3 million MissionCare contract by the US Department of Defense to provide support for the F405 (Adour) engines that power the US Navy's T-45 training aircraft.

PARS 3 LR, the main armament for the German Army's Tiger helicopter has passed into full scale production.

Breeze-Eastern Corporation has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft to supply cargo hooks, electric rescue hoists and RAST probes for US UH/HH-60M Black Hawk, MH-60S and MH-60R helicopters.

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