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.

Boeing recently received a US$22.7 million modification to an existing US Navy contract for more than 2,300 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition sensors, starting full-rate production to meet the Navy's Direct Attack Moving Target Capability program requirement.

Video Display Corporation has announced that they have been awarded a contract and received the Purchase Order from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics for multiple Display System Upgrades.

Elbit Systems has announced that its Brazilian subsidiary AEL Sistemas S.A., was awarded an initial production order valued at $15 million as part of the Guarani Project.

The full version of Defence Week Premium no.223 of 20 September 2012 can be downloaded here as a PDF. A separate PDF of the latest Defence tenders can also be downloaded here.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that Dennis Richardson will be appointed Secretary, Department of Defence with effect from 18 October 2012.

During a production flight with an United Arab Emirates MRTT, the MRTT suffered a boom detachment at 27,000 feet over an unpopulated area in the province of Caceres.

The first milestone in the acquisition of 24 MH-60R Seahawk 'Romeo' naval combat helicopters will come early next year when 56 Fleet Air Arm personnel deploy to the US to start training with the US Navy.