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An Australian company has achieved a major breakthrough by becoming the first company to gain Lockheed Martin approval for Thin Film Sulphuric Acid Anodising.

Under a new agreement the US Navy has ordered another Austal-designed and built Littoral Combat Ship.

The AWD Alliance has signed a further $50 million in contracts for the AWD's combat system.

After barely managing to keep the news under wraps, the Rudd Government has confirmed it will boost ADF numbers in Afghanistan.

After an agonising wait, the details of the White Paper have finally been released to industry.

In a new multi-million dollar contract, the ADF will acquire a specialised UHF communications payload aboard an Intelsat satellite.

SADI reaches 100

The DMO has reached a milestone in its Skilling Australia's Defence Industry program with the signing of the 100th agreement.

Lovitt Technologies Australia has become the latest local company to join the JSF Program.

US Air Force-embedded Squadron Leader Matthew Harper has become the first RAAF pilot to fly the F-22 Raptor.

With experience working for both Primes and SMEs, the new national president of AIDN, Graham Priestnall, aims to build the scope and services of the network.

Training in Afghanistan has its ups and downs for the Australian team in Oruzgan.

Most of the initiatives ADM has encountered within the Royal The RNZAF have come from the lower end of the rank ladder but the Integrated Mission Support Squadron (IMSS) is proof that imagination and initiative exists at the top of the ladder as well.

The ADF's next big challenges will be implementing fixed and rotary wing flight training systems, and implementing a training system for the JSF.

Amphibious warfare expertise and training has been largely ignored within the ADF in recent years.

Four Capability & Technology Demonstrator (CTD) projects have been selected for extension funding to a combined value of $13 million.

European missile manufacturer MBDA is exploring integration options for its AIM-132 Advanced Short-Range Air-Air Missile (ASRAAM) aboard Australian F-35A Lightning 2 Joint Strike Fighters.