Kellog Brown & Root recently announced it was awarded a Single Award Task Order Contract for the United States Army Europe.

AFC is pleased to announce the release of their new fibre optic splice cassettes to suit all of their existing rack and wall mounted enclosures.

Melbourne based BMT Design and Technology, a subsidiary of the BMT Group, has announced that it has been awarded a contract that will help preserve the historic warship HMVS Cerberus.

Liberty Industrial has adopted a revolutionary technology that enables the firm to utilise 3D modelling and seismic analysis program prior to carrying out its demolition projects.

Flite Path is pleased to announce that they have been appointed as the aerospace distributor for GE Lighting in the region and will stock products at their facility in Sydney's west.

Vocollect announced its partnership with Dexion to advance the company's abundant experiences in voice-centric solutions further into the Australian and New Zealand markets.

KBR announced last week it has been contracted by BAE Systems to develop and deliver a virtual training program to train crew for the Royal Australian Navy’s Landing Helicopter Dock ship.

Elbit Systems Ltd was awarded an order by the Israeli Ministry of Defense for the supply of Armored Driving Trainers for several Israel Defense Forces combat vehicle types.

Australia has yet to announce whether it will continue to participate in the EMD phase however indications are that it will with references to Right Hand Operation requirements and an Australian test site.

The Request for Proposals for the next phase of the US Army/Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program was released last week setting out per-vehicle cost goals.

Boeing has shipped its fourth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite to Cape Canaveral, Florida, to undergo final preparations for a scheduled January launch.

Australia’s next generation of fighter pilots are set to graduate as F/A-18 Hornet pilots as they prepare to return to RAAF Townsville in to participate in Exercise HIGH SIERRA.

Release of the tender for JP2072’s Phase 2B heralds a new era for ADF battlefield communications as inefficient legacy analogue systems are replaced with modern high capacity bandwidth equipment that will provide digital IP connectivity from HQ to lower echelon units. The majority of this equipment will be acquired as in-service MOTS/COTS capabilities.

Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare held a two-day round of meetings in September with senior Defence officials and the CEOs of companies which have projects on the Projects of Concern (POC) list.

The F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) test aircraft BF-2 made its first deck landing aboard the USS Wasp last month, the first at-sea vertical landing for the Marine Corps’ STOVL (Short Take-Off vertical Landing) version of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.

The ADF is pursuing its goal of a networked force by data linking ships, aircraft, even weapon sites, and major command and control nodes. The technical and configuration control challenges are formidable, and are being tackled through JP2089.