Chief Defence Scientist Dr Alex Zelinsky launched the third round of the Defence Science and Technology Group’s ‘PitchFest’ concept during the Pacific 2015 maritime exposition in Sydney last week.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop, Minister for Defence Marise Payne, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter met on October 13 in Boston for the Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations.

The industries most likely to receive targeted APT attacks in the APAC region are telecom, federal governments, education, high-tech and financial services.

Maritime Australia has announced the establishment of a $10,000 scholarship award for young naval engineers.

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It's been a manic few days at Pacific 2015 International Maritime Expo in Sydney with plenty of annoucements, agreements, presentations and awards and both industry and government all putting on a great show.

Japan has adopted a new approach in their bid to build the replacement for the Royal Australian Navy’s Collins class submarine fleet under Project Sea 1000.

The commander of the US Pacific Fleet has delivered a thinly veiled warning to China against interfering with the freedom of navigation and over flight in the Asia-Pacific region.

Siemens Australia has signed a historic research agreement with DST Group and QUT to advance the use of High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) technologies in Australia.

Four Australian innovators have been presented with Maritime Industry Innovation Awards at Pacific 2015.

The Northrop Grumman AQS-24B mine hunting system has completed trials that demonstrated its synthetic aperture sonar can process full resolution minefield data at speeds of up to 18 knots.

DSME sealed a partnership with BAE Systems Australia, BMT Defence Services, L-3 Communications and Saab with an MoU signing ceremony at Pacific 2015 in Sydney.

TKMS Australia (TKMSA) has announced the name ‘Endeavour’ for its Sea 1000 Future Submarine Project.

Babcock International Group has signed an agreement with Australian Maritime College Search (AMCS) to jointly deliver specialist short courses in maritime studies.

Lockheed Martin Australia will open a submarine combat system laboratory at Mawson Lakes in Adelaide, to support Lockheed Martin’s target of providing the combat system for the SEA 1000 future submarine.

With all the ‘news’ around the Future Submarine program floating about online and in the media, I would like to provide a few key facts in the mix.