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.

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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.

Airbus Defence and Space has been selected by the French Ministry of Defence to supply 12 A330 MRTT new generation air-to-air refuelling aircraft for the French Air Force.

Norway's Ministry of Defence delivers the decision it had promised it would make in 2014, according to Defence Industry Daily.

The full version of Defence Week Premium no.329 of 4 December 2014 can be downloaded here as a PDF. A separate PDF of the latest Defence tenders can also be downloaded here.

Unconfirmed reports suggest that NZ is considering the rapid acquisition of two Boeing C-17A Globemaster III strategic transports to bolster its air lift fleet in the near term.

The sealift capability of the RAN has been dramatically increased with the commissioning of the 27,800 tonne LHD HMAS Canberra in Sydney on November 28.