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V-22 hits century

A ceremony has been held to mark the 100th V-22 Osprey.

Not made in China

Ships designed by Rolls-Royce will operate in support of Chinese oil and gas exploration and production.

Meteor magic

Trials in the European six-nation Meteor project continue to be successful.

The electronic warfare version of the F/A-18F Super Hornet is just months away from operational evaluation testing.

Boeing's protest over a tanker contract awarded to a Northrop Grumman-EADS team continues.

BAE Systems Australia could take over a vacated Mitsubishi plant to construct military field vehicles.

The Border Protection Command has received their final Dash-8 from Cobham Australia.

Refuelling support

An EADS-led consortium has won a major UK MoD contract to supply a transport and air refuelling capability.

Support is sort for the construction of a memorial recognising the efforts of pacekeeping operations.

The US Navy is considering alternative options as its Zumwalt-class destroyer program faces cuts.

L-3 Communications is set to acquire a geospatial, marine and electronic systems provider.

The Australasian Information Security Evaluation Program will assess a Xerox product for use in government agencies.

Defence has been told to tighten its purse strings to the tune of $10 billion over 10 years.

Questions answered

Members of the public looking for details relating to the discovery of HMAS Sydney II can now access a website or call an information line.

An agreement has been reached between the Government and the contractor of the cancelled Seasprite Helicopter project.

Shuffling the deck

The Prime Minister has announced the impending retirement of the Chiefs of all three Defence services, as well as their successors.