The top US Pacific Command officer said he'll seek similar rotational deployments arrangements, possibly to include the Army, that expand US presence in the region.

The US Navy has awarded Raytheon Company a $313.8 million contract for low-rate initial production of Standard Missile-6 all-up rounds.

US minature radar specialist, SpotterRF, has announced availability of the Spotter Radar Backpack Kit (RBK).

The UK MoD has dropped a GBP500 million plan to acquire the US Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability for integration into the Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers and future Type 26 frigates.

The US Navy's first Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship has failed a pre-inspection assessment, with evaluators declaring the vessel a 'no go' for the next level of inspections in its current state.

Students at the Military University of Technology in Warsaw have developed an explosives detection app for smartphones.

Northrop Grumman has signed a US$1.7 billion contract for NATO's Alliance Ground Surveillance system for Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance.

The UK MoD is expected to announce a GBP 350 million deal for the design of a new Trident nuclear submarine system later this week, according to the Financial Times.

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

Lockheed Martin has successfully demonstrated the latest variant of its new launching system that maximizes the use of existing hardware and electronics to reduce the integration costs of weapons by more than 50 percent.

BAE Systems Australia has just announced that it has teamed with Pennant Training Systems Limited and RMIT University, to bid for the ADF ATT project.

The Australian Army is becoming a leader in the use of simulation systems, for training, operational planning, decision making, concept evaluation, and modelling for options assessment.

Mast modules for the 27,000 tonne Landing Helicopter Dock are now completed and have arrived at BAE Systems shipyard in Williamstown, Melbourne.

The Army is eying plans to reprogram nearly half of its budget for the on-the-move network backbone system known as Warfighter Information Network Tactical Increment 2.

A harbinger perhaps for our own Land 400 Land Combat Vehicle System program, the average unit production cost for the Ground Combat Vehicle would be $17 million

Raytheon has completed the first successful flight test of its Standard Missile-3 IB, which introduces advanced sensors and a new, highly accurate steering mechanism to hunt down and destroy ballistic missiles.