Following confirmation by Australian defence chiefs that they were examining the future application of armed UAVs as part of a force structure review.

Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare announced that the first meeting of the Future Submarine Industry Skills Plan Expert Industry Panel was held this week.

An audit of ISR assets by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is recommending cuts to "redundant" capabilities and disbanding of the Pentagon task force.

While Australia cancels its self-propelled howitzer system in favour of more towed artillery, Singapore Technologies Kinetics is carrying out feasibility studies on the 155 mm Advanced Mobile Gun System.

According to Janes, Turkey has rejected UK proposals to become a partner on BAE Systems' Global Combat Ship.

Pilatus Aircraft has signed a contract with BAE Systems to supply the Royal Saudi Air Forcewith a fleet of 55 Pilatus PC-21 turboprop aircraft.

Pilatus Aircraft Ltd this week announced that the Indian Air Force has entered into a contract to procure a fleet of 75 PC-7 MkII turboprop aircraft.

A cyber weapon, twenty times more sophisticated than Stuxnet, has been discovered by Russian internet security firm Kaspersky Lab it has been revealed.

Atlas Elektronik has increased the reach of its torpedoes substantially, setting a new range record for torpedoes.

Reports indicate that Northrop Grumman's military Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle is scheduled to make its maiden flight early next month.

The latest round of Australian and New Zealand Defence Tenders have been released and can be downloaded as a PDF here.

The Department of Defence, Land Systems Division, will hold an Industry Forum at Defence Plaza Melbourne to provide an overview of Project Land 53 Phase 1 B-R

The Department of Defence, Land Systems Division, is providing advance notice of plans to release an ITR for the supply of Soldier Combat Ensemble - Protection Elements, to the market in early June 2012.

Camouflage patterns for military uniforms have been developed to trick the human eye so that soldiers are indistinguishable from the background, whether desert, sky or woodland.

A Senate Armed Services Committee report detailing the use of counterfeit parts in US military aircraft has been getting wide coverage in US and international media this week.

The 2012 Military Communications and Information Systems (MilCIS2012) Conference will be held at the National Convention Centre, Canberra from 6 - 8 November.