Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced the Government would provide $214 million for the next stage of the Future Submarine Project.

Secretary of the Department of Defence, Duncan Lewis, has recommended that a senior Defence position be dedicated to focusing exclusively on the oversight of all existing and future materiel-related submarine activities in the Department of Defence.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Minister for Defence Stephen Smith today released the final report of the Defence Force Posture Review.

Sydney’s new Aerospace and Defence Interest Group (SADIG) was jointly launched on April 30 by Defence Materiel Minister Jason Clare and Deputy NSW Premier Andrew Stoner.

ManpowerGroup has announced a new contract, worth at least $400 million over five years, for Recruiting Services to the Australian Defence Force.

Hawker Pacific has won a four year contract to support and operate Defence Science and Technology Organisation Beech 1900C Defence Experimentation Airborne Platform aircraft.

Long aware of the scalability of CEA Technologies' phased array radar the company's CEO Rob Forbes, was asked whether consideration had been given to the development of portable PAR systems for land operation.

During a door stop interview with media last week at HMAS Stirling, Defence Minister Stephen Smith said Defence had to expect to make a contribution to the return of the Budget to surplus.

The Growler concept is not without controversy especially in relation to the ageing ALQ-99 jamming pods that would come as part of the final conversion deal.

Cobham has been awarded a US$39 million contract from the US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to manufacture the AN/ALQ-99 Low Band Transmitter-Antenna Group.

At the September 2011 AUSMIN talks, Australian and US officials took advantage of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the ANZUS Treaty to announce the alliance would now extend into cyberspace.

The US Army awarded Lockheed Martin US$391 million in production orders for a new radar system that provides soldiers with enhanced 360-degree protection from rocket, mortar and artillery fire.

The Navy of the Republic of Korea is procuring Rheinmetall's MASS, the company's latest decoy system for frigates, corvettes, minesweepers and patrol boats, for installation on its new Landing Ship, Tank vessels.

A House Armed Services Subcommittee has unanimously passed an amendment to require the US Navy to provide a full briefing on its troubled and expensive close-to-shore combat ship program.

The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a US$52.8 million, 27-month engineering and manufacturing development contract to upgrade its electronic attack pods.

The US Navy is experimenting with fibre-optic cabling to see if the technology could prove suitable as a communications link between unmanned undersea vehicles and submarines.