Airbus Defence and Space has received two contracts worth approximately $195 million from CASG to equip and support military airfields with surveillance sensors.

The second of the Landing Helicopter Dock ships built for the RAN will leave the Williamstown shipyard and head up the eastern coast of NSW to the Jervis Bay area.

After a stint with Boeing, former senior Defence official Kim Gillis is back into the fold to head up the new DMO aka the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group. Given recent testing of scramjets by our homegrown experts from UQ and DST Group, we’ve taken a look at the implications of hypersonic technology. Triton is tested for electromagnetic capability and Airbus Helicopters has been showcasing their H145M light utility helicopter to prospective civil buyers around the country.

Having had some time to digest the news last week of the new shipbuilding plan, I am now inclined to ask – what has changed?

Given that a CEP has become the process du jour for choosing multi-billion capabilities for Defence, ADM thought it prudent to get some clarification on how Defence is actually going about its business.

BAE Systems Australia has confirmed that it will be shedding 125 workers from their Williamstown yard. The split of workers was roughly 25 white-collar jobs and 100 blue-collar jobs.

On 6 August the Williams Foundation held a half day seminar discussing how the RAAF and indeed other services can create the transformation environment to support the design and implementation of the RAAF’s Plan Jericho.

With all the song and dance surrounding recent announcements and all things future frigates we thought it time to revisit the options on the Sea 5000 table.

Advanced manufacturing company Quickstep Holdings has announced the establishment of a global research and development centre at Deakin University's Waurn Ponds campus, where Quickstep's automotive division is based.

With more workers being laid off in Williamstown shipyard as we went to press it is apparent now more than an ever that the Valley of Death is upon us, regardless of recent shipbuilding announcements. ADM Editor Katherine Ziesing tries to make sense of what both sides of the divide are saying, and also what “Competitive Evaluation Process” means – there are clearly more of them on the horizon. She also attempts to unravel some of the confusing rhetoric we are hearing on naval shipbuilding.

Babcock International Group has launched Babcock Training Academy in Australia to meet growing demand within the defence sector for bespoke training programs.

Former senior Defence official and Foundation Governor of the Institute For Regional Security Ross Babbage has written a new paper entitled Game Plan: The Case for a New Australian Grand Strategy.

We were given a teaser of the long anticipated announcement of naval shipbuilding plans this week as the Abbott government spruiked its $89 billion rescue programme.

The Abbott government’s Defence team took Adelaide by storm this week, rolling in with the major announcements of 2,500 jobs, an $89 billion continuous naval shipbuilding plan and a “first prize” for Adelaide.

When it comes to consulting support for naval programs, RAND seems to be the go to body for Defence.

Anti-UAS Defence Systems will be increasingly used to combat UAS approaching sensitive facilities and areas.