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Saab Avitronics has offered Defence a system that provides full spectrum active protection for the ASLAV.

Thales Australia's Network Enabled Warfare Laboratory has officially been opened at Sydney's Garden Island.

The ANZAC Frigates' Anti-Ship Missile Defence Upgrade is going full steam ahead with the announcement of further funding.

The General Manager of the DMO has signalled that the future of RAAF's Project Wedgetail is uncertain.

Based on systems developed for submarine and maritime surveillance applications, Acacia Research's acoustic shot location system is now being offered as a defensive aid to the ASLAV.

The Royal Navy's future submarine will receive in-service support for the next decade following the signing of a major contract.

A ScanEagle UAS aided the US Navy in the rescue of hostage Richard Phillips from Somali pirates.

BAE Systems has delivered the first of four new Inshore Patrol Vessels to the Royal New Zealand Navy.

In its race to acquire advanced technology the ADF is its own worst enemy, according to academic Derek Woolner.

Just what community opinions on Defence have been unearthed by the White Paper Community Consultation Program?

With the announcement of a telling tender, speculation is mounting that the Government will soon send more troops to Afghanistan.

Boeing Defence Australia is now the first authorised electromagnetic environmental effects tester for medium-sized military and commercial aircraft in the southern hemisphere.

UAVs in QLD

An alliance of industry and education bodies will develop the $6 million Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation at Brisbane Airport's Da Vinci Precinct.

Pratt & Whitney and the US Government have signed a contract to develop a more efficient and durable F-35 engine.

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates' 2010 Defence budget requests have been submitted to Congress.

In a recent test, three ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems were controlled from an RAAF Wedgetail 737 AEW&C almost 200km away.