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Raytheon Australia and its industry partner Airwork (NZ) Limited will provide In Service Support to the RAN's AS350BA Lead In Helicopter Trainers.

The PC Accord has signed a contract to upgrade the AP-3C Orion aircraft with the FLIR Systems Star Safire HD EO/IR.

Defence Product-Specific Focus Groups are aimed at providing direct feedback on how a piece of kit has performed in operations or training.

LADS Corporation, formerly known as Tenix LADS and now known as Fugro LADS, will remain based at Technology Park in Adelaide.

Defence has released an RFT for a Close Quarter Battle Weapon System with similar weapon performance to the M4A1 carbine.

Pratt & Whitney has won a $US571 million production contract for F135 engines to power the JSF F-35 Lightning II.

Looking ahead, as land networking begins to take hold on the battlefield, slowly passing those shaky NCW milestones, a fire team leader, at the end of the comms chain, and under hostile fire, will have the comfort of knowing just where he is in relation to the rest of the battle group.

The 2009 Defence Capability Plan includes what look like the final two phases of Project Air 5416 - Echidna.

The Helmsman Institute for Program Governance was recently engaged by the DMO to undertake an evaluation of the Defence Portfolio and provide a comparison between the Defence projects against projects from other industry sectors.

D+I also saw the release of the Priority Industry Capabilities (PICs) list that was introduced in Force 2030 but not released.

The release of the 2009 Defence Capability Plan (DCP) at the D+I conference last month was greeted with mixed emotion.

Nominations for the 2009 ADM DMO/Industry Team of the Year Awards are now open.

The Army's upgraded TPQ-36 Weapon Locating Radars have achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) with the delivery of the first four of seven radars.

The second of four Airbus A330-200 aircraft which Qantas Defence Systems will convert into KC-30A tankers for the RAAF has arrived at the Qantas facility in Brisbane.

Raytheon Australia has signed an Australian Industry Capability (AIC) Deed with the DMO and has established a new Canberra-based Industry Development Unit.

BAE Systems Australia and Kongsberg Protech Systems have signed a teaming agreement to sell and support Kongsberg's Remote Weapon Stations (RWS) in Australia.