GE Aviation has been awarded a three-year performance-based logistics contract valued at US$460 million from the US Navy covering repair, replacement and program support for F414 engine components for the…
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Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) personnel assigned to the first Air Task Group (ATG) are approaching the end of their deployment on Operation OKRA and preparing to return to Australia,…
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Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) personnel have started training on the Alenia C-27J Spartan battlefield airlifter in the US, after the first two aircraft were transferred to the Australian register,…
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Kevin Andrews has been named as the new Minister for Defence as part of a cabinet reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Andrews, until now Minister for Social Services,…
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Media speculation that Senator David Johnston could be replaced as Defence Minister had grown since he told the Senate he wouldn’t trust government-owned shipbuilder ASC “to build a canoe”. Adelaide-based ASC…
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Hawker Pacific has been awarded a new contract to deliver ground handling services for the Royal Australian Air Force’s 34 Squadron, which provides an air transport capability for the Australian…
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There is a well-known rule in Australian defence-industry circles about how to represent one’s enterprise at public events. Listen carefully, take notes (well, not too conspicuously), but never stand up…
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The Royal Australian Navy officially welcomed the first of two new Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) vessels into its ranks on November 28, with the commissioning of HMAS Canberra at the…
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HMAS Canberra, the first Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) ship, has been formally commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) fleet, significantly increasing the ADF’s amphibious capability. Members of the ship’s…
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The government has launched a review of the national cyber security strategy, as the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) opened in Canberra. The review, which is set to report its…
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Lockheed Martin has announced that retired Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Air Vice-Marshal Graham Lintott has been appointed to serve as managing director of strategy and business development for…
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Defence Minister Senator David Johnston has explained his criticism of ASC as a “rhetorical flourish”. “All Australian’s have come to know well the frustrations successive governments faced in fielding a world…
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Minister for Defence Senator David Johnston has sparked criticism by stating that he “wouldn’t trust [ASC] to build a canoe” during questioning about the Future Submarine program. Asked in the…
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DCNS has established an Australian subsidiary, with a view to bidding for the Future Submarine program. Hervé Guillou, chairman and chief executive officer of DCNS, launched the subsidiary on November…
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The Rizzo Reform Program to improve Royal Australian Navy ship seaworthiness and sustainability has been concluded. The joint RAN-Defence Materiel Organisation program was instigated in response to the ‘Plan to…