DSTO physicist Dr Stephen Burke has won the 2014 Minister's Award for Achievement in Defence Science.

The Department of Defence has released a Request for Quote to members of the AMSPA for the delivery of End User Computing.

The Government has committed extra funds to extend a DMO program aimed at encouraging more students in WA and SA to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Defence has entered a partnership with the University of Newcastle to explore how virtual simulation can be used to further enhance education and training.

Defence has signed a new contract with Deakin University that will support the education and professional development of Defence's next generation of senior leaders.

Aerodefence has now completed the stringent requirements for AS9120 which applies to organisations that stock and distribute components for the Aerospace industry.

After working as a medical officer for the RAAF for the last 52 years, Dr Mal Hoare has retired.

The latest in Defence business and industry appointments.

While graphene is already known for being the world's strongest material, most studies have focused on its tensile strength - that's the maximum stress that it can withstand while being pulled or stretched, before failing.

The China Poly Group Corporation used the recent Airshow China 2014 to reveal its WB-1 millimetre-wave beam-projecting non-lethal anti-riot system.

The RAF has completed the first in-service releases of the Raytheon Paveway IV precision-guided bomb from a Eurofighter Typhoon.

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.