On March 4 Boeing officially delivered the first production P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the US Navy in Seattle.

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The Indian Army has successfully test fired the 290-Km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile at the Pokharan range in Jaisalmer to operationalise the second regiment of the weapon system in service.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) business services management contract has been awarded to Serco subject to a 10-day standstill period.

Russia and the Sukhoi Company have signed a contract for the delivery of 92 Su-34 frontline bombers by 2020.

The Pentagon has relaxed the performance requirements for the Joint Strike Fighter, allowing the Air Force F-35A variant to exceed its previous combat radius

The US Defense Department will penalise Lockheed Martin for management problems by curtailing payments under the latest low-rate production contract for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

A new generation of 37,000-tonne tankers have been ordered for the Royal Navy fleet, the MoD announced recently.

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Airbus Military has revealed it has submitted an unsolicited proposal for a sixth KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker/Transport (MRTT) to the Australian Government.

L-3 Communications and Alenia Aermacchi, announced today that the companies are committed to meeting the needs of the Commonwealth of Australia with the C-27J Spartan medium airlifter.

In his address to last week's ADM Congress, Brendhan Egan, Director-General, Export Programs and Industry Engagement, provided the following updates on current Defence programs for industry.

Electro Optic Systems has announced a new contract valued at $25 million for the manufacture and delivery of remote weapon systems over the next 30 months for an existing customer.

AeroVironment and Sentient have signed an exclusive global license agreement that allows AeroVironment to distribute Sentient's automatic target detection software for full motion video for use with small unmanned aircraft systems.

Boeing has completed delivery of 257 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters and EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft to the US Navy.

With the ADF's access to UHF capacity on Leasat 5 and Skynet 5B coming to an end, an agreement was signed in April 2010 with the US military to share UHF capacity.