To meet the requirements of Land 200, C3 (communication, command and control) equipment is soon to be installed into hundreds of ADF vehicles.

Communications engineers today must design to accommodate changing missions, shorter product life cycles, and increasing computer power.

Northrop Grumman has started manufacturing the first MQ-4 Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) fuselage at its company’s Moss Point, Mississippi, manufacturing facility.

L-3 Communications, Communications Systems - West is marketing an exportable version of the ROVER 5 video transceiver, dubbed ROVER 5i.

Europe's Digital Media Centre has upgraded its intercom system with a communications system from Riedel Communications.

The RAAF has begun using the Vigilare Northern Regional Operations Centre at RAAF Base Tindal, for surveillance and battlespace management operations across Australia.

EM Solutions, which has a CTD contract for battle command-on-the-move Ka band communications, recently demonstrated the system at Enoggera, aboard a Bushmaster PMV.

Lockheed Martin's AGM 114R missile destroyed a stationary target in its third proof-of-principle flight test, configured to simulate launch from an unmanned aerial system.

Sentient has integrated and demonstrated its automated target detection and tracking capability with AeroVironment Incorporated's small unmanned aircraft systems.

Rohde and Schwarz Australia has been selected as the preferred supplier for the suite of radio equipment to equip Australia's Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers.

Defence minister Senator John Faulkner, announced shortly before the election that the Government had approved the acquisition of the AAI Shadow 200 Tactical UAV system under JP129 Ph.2.

The Federal Opposition has confirmed that it intends to acquire three new Global Hawk surveillance drones to watch over Australia's borders if elected on 21 August.

Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited (EOS) has been awarded a new contract for delivery of remote weapon systems.

The ADF has received 61 Australian Manportable Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar (AMSTAR) ground surveillance radars (GSRs) as part of Project Ninox.

Operational testing of the Vigilare command-and-control system has been conducted at the Northern Region Operations Centre at RAAF Base Tindal.

The Defence Materiel Organisation has signed a contract with Saab AB for the lease of a Giraffe radar system for urgent deployment to Afghanistan.