Future public versions of the Defence Capability Plan are to include only those projects approaching either first or second pass in the four year Forward Estimates period.

An Australian Military Sales Office has been established for Australian defence manufacturers seeking to export their products.

The government have confirmed the acquisition of a further 214 Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles. Thales Australia is currently manufacturing Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles at its factory in Bendigo.

A new maintenance and support contract for the Collins submarines has been signed following negotiations between the Defence Materiel Organisation and ASC Pty Ltd.

Aspen Medical has been selected by Medibank Health Solutions to provide medical practitioners, specialist and allied health professionals to all on-base Australian Defence Force facilities across Australia.

To strengthen its defence business development activities and capabilities Austal has appointed former Deputy Chief of the Royal Australian Navy, RADM Davyd Thomas, AO, CSC, RANR to Vice President - Defence.

Three F-35 partner countries are looking to acquire domestic training capabilities in addition to the US.

Boeing has inducted Australian engineer Shane Arnott as the company's first international Senior Technical Fellow, the highest ranking Boeing technologist outside of the US.

By listening to the complexity of radio signals that pervades the human environment, BAE Systems thinks its new positioning system is as accurate as, but more secure than, GPS.

The Jabiru-1 from NewSat Limited has completed its Preliminary Design Review by Lockheed Martin. A major milestone and a significant step towards the launch of NewSat's next generation Ka-band satellite.

The US Navy is to begin reviewing industry proposals for a potential F/A-18E/F Super Hornet replacement, setting in motion the US military's first formal consideration of a sixth-generation fighter aircraft.

Senator Scott Brown, on the US Senate Armed Services Committee, has taken issue with a proposal to shift more than $US400 million from the Army's Warfighter Information Network Tactical communications system to pay war-related bills.

The Polish Air Force has signed a contract with Airbus Military for the acquisition of five C-295 transport aircraft to further expand their transport capabilities.

Rolls-Royce will lead a project to develop new technologies to support unmanned naval vehicle missions, following an award of $CA3 million from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

The latest round of Defence Tenders have been released and can be downloaded as a PDF here. Also if you would prefer to read DWP as a PDF Newsletter you can download it here.

Quickstep Holdings formally marked its move from Perth to Sydney with the official opening on 22 June of its new composites facility.