A Parliamentary committee has approved an $870 million redevelopment at Moorebank on Sydney's south-western outskirts.

HMA Ships Balikpapan, Betano and Wewak will be decommissioned in December after almost four decades of service.

BAE Systems plc and EADS N.V. last week made a statement to the London Stock Exchange about a possible business combination between BAE Systems and EADS.

Australian Army officers boarded the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), last week to observe the amphibious capabilities of the Amphibious Ready Group and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit during a certification exercise(CERTEX).

The US Office of Naval Research has invited proposals for innovative technology solutions to enable single-mission end-to-end mine countermeasures.

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Canadian Minister of National Defence Peter MacKay has announced the arrival of the Leopard 2A4 Canadian tank.

A significant milestone in Eurocopter's Tiger support helicopter program has been reached following the delivery of the first four helicopters to be upgraded for deployment to Afghanistan.

BAE Systems has received an RFP from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for a potential order to supply products and services for the manufacture of 20 Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft.

After cancelling its last attempt at procuring 180 wheeled self-propelled 155mm artillery systems, the Indian Army has sent out a fresh Request for Information to prospective vendors.

Harris Corporation has received a US$10 million order to supply the Polish Ministry of National Defense with Falcon manpack radios.

Rockwell Collins has been selected as the prime contractor for the UAV portion of the HACMS program sponsored by the DARPA.

Cassidian has announced that it has provided a mobile version of its computer-based operations support system OSS to the German Armed Forces in support of helicopter missions in Afghanistan.

ATK recently achieved a world-class production milestone by delivering the 2 billionth 7.62mm round of ammunition manufactured at the LCA Plant in Missouri.

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Canadian information specialist MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates, has recently signed two contract amendments with the Australian Government.