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

The DMO has finally announced that it has selected Supacat as preferred bidder for the Special Operations Vehicle element of the Project Definition and Evaluation phase of JP2097 Ph1B (REDFIN) program.

The Defence Science and Technology Organisation is participating in an international trial in Queensland to test the effectiveness of camouflage uniforms in hot and humid conditions.

Naval Sea Systems Command is telling Congress that superstructure cracking in several classes of surface combatants is being addressed, but is in some cases proving costly.

AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems announced that it is one of three companies awarded the US Navy's Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Services multiple-award contract.

Supplier of tactical and utility hand protection products, Ansell, announced that it has been selected as supplier of combat gloves to the Australian Defence Force.

Meggitt Training Systems has been awarded a US$11 million contract from the ADF for delivery of Weapon Training Simulation Systems at four purpose-built Australian Army facilities.

National Instruments Oceania has announced the participating teams for the annual National Instruments Autonomous Robotics Competition.

The record has been broken for the most people carried on board a RAAF aircraft. On March 12, a KC-30A carried 234 passengers for a two-hour flight from Defence Establishment Fairbairn.

The US Armed Forces has teamed with Raytheon to begin testing on a new integrated missile system specifically designed to protect Afghan Forward Operating Bases.

The US Coast Guard has exercised a US$78.5 million contract option to purchase the service's 16th and 17th HC-144A Ocean Sentry Maritime Patrol Aircraft.

The Dutch defence ministry has announced it is lending Denmark a number of its unmanned drones.

The US Navy is reported to be working on the requirements definition for its Mobile Landing Platform-turned-Afloat Forward-Staging Base, which was mentioned within the Pentagon budget briefing in January.

Raytheon has completed delivery of the electronics for the AN/SQQ-90 tactical sonar suite, the complex sonar for the first ship of the USN's DDG 1000-class multimission destroyer.

MBDA Incorporated's GBU-44/E Viper Strike munition scored multiple direct hits from a US Marine Corps KC-130J Harvest HAWK aircraft during developmental testing.

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