The RAAF has completed air-to-air refuelling trials between its KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport and E-7A Wedgetail aircraft.

Airbus Helicopters, Vector Aerospace and Rockwell Collins have entered into an agreement to jointly develop and market the scalable and flexible Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics solution to upgrade Airbus Helicopters platforms.

Defence Minister Kevin Andrews announced the appointment of an Expert Advisory Panel on June 5, to oversee the competitive evaluation process for the selection of an international partner for the Sea 1000 Future Submarine program.

Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia (RMMVA) announced on June 9 that Brisbane-based civilian tanker manufacturer Holmwood Highgate has been awarded a contract valued at more than $65 million for work on Land 121 Phase 3B.

The Royal Australian Navy formally commissioned 725 Squadron, the first operator of the new Lockheed Martin/ Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk Romeo maritime combat helicopters, in a ceremony at Nowra on June 11.

In the historic seaport of Cadiz on Spain’s Atlantic coast, shipbuilder Navantia and the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation are finalising acceptance testing of the last four of Australia’s new landing craft.

Introducing a new aircraft type, particularly one as advanced as the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II, means a lot more than just finding somewhere to park the aircraft.

Adelaide based Codan Radio Communications will help implement the US Department of Veterans Affairs’ new nationwide emergency high frequency (HF) radio network, with its Codan Envoy HF unit.

The full version of Defence Week Premium no. 352 of 11 June 2015 can be downloaded here as a PDF. A separate PDF of the latest Defence tenders can also be downloaded here.

As part of the competitive evaluation process to select an international partner from the nations of France, Germany and Japan to design and build the next generation of submarines, local industry is being encouraged to attend industry briefings being conducted throughout Australia during the month of June.

Join members of the defence community for a special dinner to hear Chief of Air Force, AIRMSHL Geoff Brown AO speak in one of his final addresses as CAF.

The full version of Defence Week Premium no. 351 of 4 June 2015 can be downloaded here as a PDF. A separate PDF of the latest Defence tenders can also be downloaded here.

The Sir Richard Williams Foundation ran a seminar in Canberra this week entitled “Training for an integrated ADF: Live Virtual and Constructed LVC”.

Guests at BankSA’s launch of the bank’s Trends bulletin on the state of defence manufacturing in South Australia gained two sources of information for their lunch fee – the BankSA bulletin, and a presentation from Australian Strategic Policy Institute director of Research, Andrew Davies.

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) flew its first Boeing built C-17A Globemaster III equipped with a new advanced satellite communication (SATCOM) and imagery display system, providing the flight crew and passengers with unprecedented situational awareness.

South Australia’s annual defence industry awards have this year gone to a steel fabricator, a welding innovation, a systems integrator and a member of the Air Warfare Destroyer safety program.