This week the Japanese Future Submarine delegation have been strutting their stuff in Adelaide and attempted to put paid to the rumours that have been circulating on alleged favouritism and an alleged "Captain's pick". ADM Philip Smart was there to hear what they had to say and also paid a visit to the SimTecT 2015.

In what has been another badly kept Canberra secret, Defence has finally confirmed that Kim Gillis is coming back to the department.

In recent months, scientists working on the Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation program (HIFiRE) conducted the latest in a series of experiments investigating the fundamental science of hypersonic technology.

An MQ-4C Triton is lifted inside Patuxent River's anechoic chamber on August 12 for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing.

After logging more than five weeks of touring Australia’s eastern sea board, the Airbus Helicopters H145, has successfully completed its Australian visit and is now heading home.

Lockheed Martin and Weibel Scientific A/S entered a partnership to apply Weibel's legacy in radar systems to ballistic missile defence (BMD) by creating the Gap-Filling Tracking Radar (GFTR).

The ADF is conducting helicopter exercises with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force’s (PNGDF) Air Transport Wing.

Both Fleet Base West (HMAS Stirling) and RAAF Base Amberley could be the recipients of proposed upgrades to infrastructure after announcements by the Finance and Defence Parliamentary Secretaries on 19 August.

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.