BAE Systems has been selected by Raytheon to help develop the US Air Force's Dismount Detection Radar.

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Only half of the 12 RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet strike fighters destined for the EA-18G Growler electronic attack role at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion will be converted to the new configuration initially.

Defence Science and Technology Organisation scientists have successfully conducted a test flight of an experimental hypersonic vehicle at the Andoya Rocket Range in Norway.

BAE Systems Australia has been awarded a contract from the New Air Combat Capability Program to develop an operational model to integrate the Joint Strike Fighter into the Australian Defence Environment.

On Friday 14th September 2012 a group of talented students from Dickson College visited the Rapid Prototyping, Development and Evaluation Canberra office to show off their latest Unmanned Aerial Vehicle design.

Desert Owl is a software application that detects and alerts operators to movements or changes occurring in a field of operations.

The Defence Materiel Organisation will shortly offer project management roles to industry, CEO Warren King has confirmed.

Earth is constantly bathed in low level light emissions that emanate from its atmosphere. The physical processes that cause airglow also affect the ionosphere, the electrically-charged layer of the atmosphere upon which high frequency radio communications and over-the-horizon radar systems rely for refracting signals to and from locations beyond the horizon.

The advent of inexpensive miniaturised electronic systems has made possible the use of radio tagging technology for a range of purposes such as security access management, monitoring of inventory stock and tracking of goods shipments.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Indonesia of 8 AH-64D APACHE Block III LONGBOW Attack Helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support.

DSTO has recently reinstated its capabilities to undertake research on rubber-based materials.

Swinburne University of Technology was awarded first place in the National Instruments Autonomous Robotics Competition with their trained robot named Frogstar, beating 17 other teams from across Australia and NZ.

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The US Air Force has issued a sole-source request for proposals to extend Northrop Grumman's worldwide support for its 18 Block 30 RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft for one year until September 2013.

Inside Defense reports that the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft's unique abilities will make it an ideal fit in the Asia-Pacific region conducting humanitarian operations.