Mincom is branching out with its new Global Defence Business Unit.

The Spanish Armed Forces' helicopters will receive EO/IR imaging sensors from L-3 WESCAM.

Alsalam Aircraft will provide deeper maintenance to the Royal Saudi Air Force's C-130 fleet.

Defence has employed Baulderstone Pty Ltd to construct Packages 1 and 2 of the HNA Edinburgh Facilities Project.

Boeing has been contracted to further test the Advanced Tactical Laser for the USAF.

A multi-company team has been contracted to support the MoD's future submarine program.

Boeing will appeal a jury verdict against a claim of a breached contract suit from ICO.

Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon has announced a reduction of ADF personnel numbers in East Timor.

Proponents of NCW say that a shared awareness increases synergy for command and control, resulting in superior decision-making, and the ability to coordinate complex military operations over long distances for an overwhelming war-fighting advantage.

Gregor Ferguson David Mortimer’s Defence Procurement and Sustainment Review, titled ‘Going to the Next Level’, repeats a call made by his predecessor, Malcolm Kinnaird, for the DMO to become an executive agency with greater independence and ability to hire and reward talented project managers.

The Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance has let contracts or identified preferred suppliers for equipment worth more than $1 billion. The Alliance is due to deliver the first destroyer in 2014.

BAE Systems has announced it will shed employees at Williamstown in Melbourne, or about 10 per cent of the shipyard’s 800-strong marine production work force, due to “an unavoidable shortfall in scheduled production work.”

Following on quickly from successful armour protection and C2 integration tests, Raytheon Australia has announced better than expected performance from the AS-9 “Aussie Thunder” self-propelled howitzer’s (SPH) Aselsan weapon management system — particularly when firing demanding Multiple Round Simultaneous Impact (MRSI) fire missions.

Raytheon Australia has signed a Co-operative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with DSTO to evaluate leading-edge intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities for Australia.

Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) has completed final assembly on the first P-8A Poseidon for the US Navy and the aircraft is now undergoing preflight preparation work.

Pratt & Whitney Canada has established a new parts distribution centre (PDC) in Sydney to speed delivery times to customers in Australia and New Zealand.