The UK MoD has signed contracts for its two future aircraft carriers.

L-3 WESCAM will provide the digital EO/IR imaging sensors for the US Navy's P-8A program.

BAE Systems is offering upgrade options to its existing Hawk training aircraft customers.

Levett Engineering will manufacture components for all variants of the engine powering the F-35 Lightning II.

Thales Australia will provide in-country support and sustainment for the ADF's AMSTAR from August 2008.

US Department of Defense acquisition chiefs are defending the Pentagon's approach to the KC-X Tanker protest.

The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel has reiterated Australia's commitment to global nuclear disarmament.

French dignitaries will attend the unveiling of a sculpture at the Shrine of Remembrance.

The RAAF may not need to replace the centre fuselage barrels on all of its Hornets, according to a DSTO study.

EADS has displayed its A310 air refuelling test bed at the Farnborough International Airshow.

Raytheon has delivered more than 100 APG-79 AESA radars for Boeing's Super Hornets and Growlers in the US.

BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin will develop a precision-guided ERM for the USN.

The RAN's HMAS Waller is set to undergo Operational Test and Evaluation for its combat system and torpedo upgrades.

The F136 Fighter Engine Team has completed STOVL testing at facilities in Ohio.

The new Personnel Administration Centre has been opened in NSW.

Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon and US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates have signed the Harold E. Holt Treaty.