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.

With the cancellation of Round 16 of the Capability and Technology Demonstrator program we suggested that perhaps the CTD program might be replaced by the PIC Innovation program.

BAE Systems recently completed a four week repair docking for the platform supply vessel the Lady Kari-Ann in its Williamstown shipyard.

Victorian-based Lovitt Technologies has won a contract with Boeing valued at nearly $1 million for wing parts for the worldwide F/A-18 Super Hornet fleet.

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Mike Kelly, has announced a call for papers for the 8th International Lessons Learned Conference.

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.