British Army units are carrying out a trial to test the tactics and procedures of operating the General Dynamics Land Systems - Force Protection Mastiff MRAP vehicle in the mechanised infantry role.

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Just when you thought that the submarine debate was getting to be a little more technical and perhaps more about requirements than industry policy, the minister comes out with a line at a Senate inquiry that will be remembered for years to come.

The recent Centenary of Submarines Conference in Fremantle was run by the SIA as part of Submarine Week commemorating the past hundred years of Australian submarines and looking forward to the next hundred.

The first large scale cloud platform designed solely for the Federal government has signed up two government agencies before it opens for business.

The last three of the RAN's 45m Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft were decommissioned in Cairns on November 20.

In the presence of Defence Minister, David Johnston, top management of local defence industries and numerous key personalities of government, Herve Guillou, CEO of DCNS Group opened the new DCNS Australia subsidiary.

Defence force personnel from Australia have been in China for Exercise Cooperation Spirit 2014 which aims to enhance coordination and cooperation between Australia, China and NZ.

The latest in defence appointments.

The Japanese Ministry of Defence has announced the selection of Northrop Grumman's E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and RQ-4B Global Hawk to meet its military modernisation requirements.

President Barack Obama has accepted Chuck Hagel's resignation after Hagel approached him last month saying it was time for him to leave.

When US defence contractors compile their bids for the JLTV program, the ensuing haggling over intellectual property costs could be the first major test of a key Pentagon policy.

The British government remains on target for achieving F-35 operational capability from land bases in 2018 with the signing of a contract for four B-variant combat jets, the country's Chief of Defence Materiel, Bernard Gray, has confirmed.

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The likelihood of Australia's Future Submarine being built in-country appears increasingly unlikely, judging from the official presentations at last week's Submarine Institute of Australia conference in Fremantle.

The Government has announced that new deployable Air Traffic Management and Control Systems for the RAAF have been procured under a $50 million plus contract with Indra Australia.