The Commander Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Stuart Mayer, hosted 14 of his counterparts or their representatives for the inaugural Regional Commanders’ Conference.

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The recently appointed Defence Industry Minister has admitted a fascination for being “able to touch and feel what the Government is achieving”.

Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne announced the winner of the National Industry Innovation awards at Land Forces yesterday afternoon.

As we went to press L-3 Communications has agreed to acquire Australian electronic warfare subsystems provider Micreo.

Rockwell Collins used the Land Forces exhibition this week to launch its new combat helmet-mounted Integrated Digital Vision System for ground forces.

Despite the failure of Japan’s Soryu class submarine to be selected for Project Sea 1000, bilateral cooperation on defence research appears to be alive and well.

Deakin University has entered a partnership with RCR for the development of a world-first robotics-driven target system.

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A national security advisor and former architect of the Government's 2015 cyber security strategy said sharing of threat information was critical for cyber security.

The NZ Ministry of Defence is seeking a fixed wing transport capability to replace the country’s ageing Boeing 757-200 and Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules fleets.

In the past week there has been further news of engineering breakdowns on the troubled US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships.

SA-based advanced manufacturing company Redarc Electronics will almost double its workforce over the next four years as part of a significant expansion of its Adelaide facility.

SpeedCast International has added Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX) to its portfolio of services for government customers.

DCNS and UNSW have signed an MoU to collaborate more closely on engineering and marine technologies for Australia’s Future Submarine Program.

Cirrus has been awarded a contract to supply a Generic COMCEN Simulator to the signals school at HMAS Cerberus