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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.

UAV manufacturers from the US, Europe and Israel are awaiting the re-tender for the Army's Tactical UAV program, Joint Project 129.

Global Hawk manufacturer Northrop Grumman hopes to find alternative ways of retaining Australian involvement in the US Navy's BAMS program.

With UAV manufacturers awaiting Defence's next move in the acquisition of a Tactical UAV system under Joint Project 129, a second European contender has emerged.

Pratt & Whitney completed the first article inspection (FAI) for second and third stage turbine vane transfer tubes and covers for the F135 engine.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has elected noise in the workplace the world's largest occupational health problem.

Northrop Grumman hopes to interest the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in its MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).