ADM understands that an announcement on contract signature for Land 40 Phase 2 is imminent.

With the Australian government now committed to replacing 21 Pacific Patrol Boats for 12 Pacific nations as part of Sea 3036-1, the question of how best to provide those boats with aerial surveillance may follow close on the project’s heels.

The program office for Land 19 Phase 7B has released an RFI to industry. The Land 19 Phase 7B project is seeking enhancements to, or replacement of, the Ground Based Air Defence capability.

At Australia’s largest computer simulation conference this August, Australasian game developers and students will have a chance to show how their game-related ideas could also solve problems for Defence.

Harris Corporation has successfully completed factory acceptance testing of the first two electronic support measures (ESM) systems produced for the Australian government under a $102 million contract awarded in March 2013.

The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Australia for AGM-88B High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles and associated equipment, parts and logistical support

ASC has demonstrated its high-end engineering and trades skills in the design, build and operation of the innovative diesel and generator test facility at its submarine maintenance facility in South Australia.

The US Navy has awarded Raytheon a multi-year contract valued at US$153 million to produce 53 maritime, littoral and overland surveillance radars for its fleet of Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft.

The full version of Defence Week Premium no.354 of 25 June 2015 can be downloaded here as a PDF. A separate PDF of the latest Defence tenders can also be downloaded here.

The full version of Defence Week Premium no.353 of 18 June 2015 can be downloaded here as a PDF. A separate PDF of the latest Defence tenders can also be downloaded here.

BAE Systems Australia (BAESA) has confirmed it will not be submitting a tender for the $600 million Pacific Patrol Boat (PPB) contract despite an absence of orders,

Outgoing Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown AO spoke at the Williams Foundation dinner in Canberra on June 10, sharing his thoughts on the development and performance of the Royal Australian Air Force in recent times.

Boeing and the government of Qatar recently signed an agreement for the purchase of four more C-17 Globemaster III airlifters.

Defence and Australian industry partners have collaborated to manufacture the first-of-a-kind radio signal jammer designed to protect users from improvised explosive device equipment.

If “customer satisfaction” is anything to go by, Australia’s five-year Heron UAV deployment to Afghanistan has to be deemed a success.

MBDA unveiled CVW102 FLEXIS, an innovative vision for delivering and sustaining military capability at the Paris Air show this week.