The Australian Department of Defence has awarded a contract to Oshkosh to supply aviation fire trucks to the ADF. The contract announcement at the end of 2014 follows the program achieving government approval in August last year.

Air to air refuelling trials involving an RAAF KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker/Transport and an instrumented Joint Strike Fighter are scheduled to take place at Edwards Air Force Base in California in September..

Changes being implemented in Air Mobility Group (AMG) training are intended to eradicate an “airline mentality” and provide government with a broader range of combat-focused options, AMG commander Air Commodore Warren McDonald told ADM.

One of the recurring themes of the Collins submarine replacement debate has been a Federal Government warning that the procurement should not be seen as a job creation program.

There’s a very good chance that by the end of the year that BAE Systems Williamstown shipyard, and perhaps Forgacs Newcastle yard, will be effectively closing.

Australia’s Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) believes Australia needs a public debate on building the future submarine in country and will host a national conference in Adelaide in March to provide the platform.

The full version of Defence Week Premium no.330 of 11 December 2014 can be downloaded here as a PDF. A separate PDF of the latest Defence tenders can also be downloaded here.

If you can find your way to the Land 400 website you can find the following statement ladies and gents.

In Defence Week Premium edition 324 we took up the cudgels on behalf of those clever Australian systems companies who might have expected worthwhile contracts in support of the AN/BYG-1 tactical control system.

At last - some good news from the maritime industry sector, brought to you courtesy of BAE Systems Henderson and the Anzac ASMD program.

Frazer-Nash Consultancy has recently been awarded a contract to support the Australian Government in their tender specifications for the replacement of their current fleet of Pacific Patrol Boats used in the PPB-R.

This week a ceremony was held to mark the commissioning of the Landing Craft Heavy HMPNGS Lakekamu into service with the PNGDF.

Australia's Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) detachment in Afghanistan flew its final mission for Operation SLIPPER from Kandahar Air Field on 30 November 2014.

The Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Geoff Brown has formally opened a refurbished C-130 Hercules hangar for the Indonesian Air Force at Bandung, Indonesia.

The team at Australian Helicopters took Movember to new heights this year, emblazoning some of their active fleet of helicopters with enormous handlebar moustaches.

To launch the forthcoming paper in ASPI's Strategy series, Strike from the air: The first 100 days of the campaign against ISIL, ASPI will hold a panel discussion canvassing the economic, political and strategic dimensions of the coalition campaign to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL.