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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.

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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.

Engineering consultancy Frazer-Nash is celebrating its fifth birthday in the Australian market.

In terms of growth, India has sometimes been touted as “the next China”.

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Australia’s first Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyer entered the water on Saturday, with a launch event in Adelaide.

The Final Operational Capability (FOC) milestone for the RAAFs Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft was marked in a ceremony at Defence Establishment Fairbairn on May 26.

BAE Systems announced on May 26 that it had delivered a further two Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) hull blocks to Osborne in South Australia.

Rheinmetall AG announced the appointment of Andrew Fletcher as Managing Director of Rheinmetall Defence Australia on May 26.

Adelaide science teacher Kylie Turton is part of a growing band of educators across Australia determined to boost participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) by working with industry to show high school students exactly where such subjects can lead.