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Rheinmetall Defence Australia will announce today a proposal for the establishment of a national infrastructure asset for military vehicles in Australia, to underpin a 50-year strategic relationship between the Commonwealth, the Australian Army and defence industry.

WA based engineering services company Civmec will lease an additional seven hectares adjoining its Henderson facility and plans to commence building a massive shipbuilding hall on the site in the second quarter of next year.

The Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) program reached a significant milestone in Adelaide on December 15 as the second of three destroyers was formally named and launched into Australian waters for the first time.

The AMGC has released its first Sector Competitiveness Plan detailing how the manufacturing sector along with its supported industries can add up to $36 billion to the national economy over the next ten years.

UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon met with Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne on Tuesday to discuss defence cooperation and the fostering of defence innovation.

Northrop Grumman Australia has successfully provided a proof-of-concept demonstrating the value of a distributed network environment between two RAAF simulators and a Northrop Grumman test lab in the US.

ADM spoke with director of the Australian business Jonathan Armstrong, who took over the role a year and a half ago.

NZ Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee announced Wednesday that approval has been given for the NZDF to progress work on the Consolidated Logistics project at a cost of NZ$130 million over five years.

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Central to the DICP is the concept of Sovereign Industrial Capabilities which will be developed through focused research, analysis and consultation, across Defence and defence industry.

The US State Department has approved a US$115 million Foreign Military Sale to Australia for an EA-18G Growler Electronic Warfare Range System and related support, equipment, and training.

The Royal Netherlands Navy has been conducting an operational evaluation of the Ultra Electronics Low Frequency Active Passive Sonar (LFAPS) and initial impressions have proven extremely favourable.

Saab Australia has been conducting briefings around the country on the JP2060 Phase 3 Deployable Health Capability, for which it is competing as prime tenderer.

A revolutionary way to harness and use energy and more reliable telecommunications networks are two of the exciting Australian innovations being advanced by Lockheed Martin through its global partnerships.

VP and MD of Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) Ken Shaw spoke to over sixty defence industry attendees at the December Defence-in-Business (DiB) meeting.