Two key defence industries - combat clothing and acoustic technologies and systems - have passed their first 'health check', showing that Australia can remain self reliant in these priority industry capabilities.

Raytheon Australia has announced the beginning of acceptance activities of its first of three Bell 429 helicopters to be utilised under the Royal Australian Navy's Retention and Motivation program.

Cirrus managing director Peter Freed has announced that the company has been contracted by DMO Training Aircraft Systems Program Office, to develop and deliver to the RAAF School of Air Warfare an upgrade to the Cirrus Air Combat Officer Training System.

BAE Systems and L-3 MAS Canada have won a $50 million extension to their F/A-18 Classic Hornet Maintenance and Modification Support contract based on a 10-month contract extension starting December 2012.

Defence Minister Stephen Smith this week released a progress report on the Defence Force Posture Review by previous Defence secretaries Dr Allan Hawke and Mr Ric Smith.

The Australian government is preparing to make a formal decision in 2012 on procuring additional Joint Strike Fighter aircraft while at the same time looking to participate more heavily in manufacturing the F-35.

Defence Minister Stephen Smith and New Zealand's Defence Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman have announced a new Australia-New Zealand Defence Relationship Framework.

BAE Systems has expanded its Flight Training Tamworth training profile with a new, innovative Integrated Safety Management Systems (ISMS) course.

Thee LCS's mine countermeasures mission package will start its operational assessment shortly, testing all the various components of the package in realistic at-sea conditions.

A Request for Proposal was issued January 26 by the US Army for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program.

The DoDs plan to buy two multibillion-dollar nuclear attack submarines annually in the coming years appears to be in jeopardy as the Pentagon prepares to unveil its fiscal year 2013 budget request.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has released the following statement on the Global Hawk Block 30 program.

Cassidian has developed a new-generation Vehicle Protection Jammer that significantly enhances the protection of military vehicles against attacks by Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a $122 million contract to install and sustain Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar systems at forward operating bases in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The US Navy will spend US$70 million to transfer and modify two high-speed ferries to support moving 880 Marines from Okinawa, Japan.

BAE Systems is reviewing its warship business, raising fears of job losses at sites including its historic Portsmouth dockyard.