The full version of Defence Week Premium no.333 of 29 January 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.332 of 22 January 2015 can be downloaded here as a PDF. A separate PDF of the latest Defence tenders can also be downloaded here.

Steve Richards has replaced Greg Hodge as Managing Director of Serco Defence.

In January 2007 Australia entered an 18-month, $15 million cooperative agreement with the US Navy, to participate in the pre-system development and demonstration (SDD) processes of the BAMS MUAS program.

With the value and operating costs of military platforms ever climbing, the ability to flight-test equipment and systems without taking an airframe off-line is becoming increasingly attractive.

Japan has selected E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft and the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system, both Northrop Grumman platforms, as part of their ISR program.

In Australia, the timing and content of the Defence White Paper, the blueprint for our nation’s strategic defence needs and the materiel that will be procured to fulfil them, has always been somewhat at the whim of the incumbent government.

Raytheon managing director Michael Ward has weighed in on the Future Submarine debate with a blog on ASPI’s The Strategist

As Australia embarks upon the most challenging and complex defence procurement program ever undertaken in our history - the Future Submarine program - the need for unity and leadership has never been greater.

The full version of Defence Week Premium no.331 of 15 January 2015 can be downloaded here as a PDF. A separate PDF of the latest Defence tenders can also be downloaded here.

The US Department of Defense has assigned F-35 Regional Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul and Upgrade (MRO&U) capability for airframes and engines for the Asia Pacific Region.

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.