QinetiQ has signed a deal for four Airbus H125 helicopters as part of its modernisation of the Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS), which it manages alongside the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD).

Engineering and manufacturing company Varley Group has announced a $10 million partnership investment in US Defence Avionics Company, Coherent Technical Services (CTSi) at the Avalon Airshow.

Rheinmetall Defence Australia has Queensland and Victoria as potential locations for its Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence (MILVEHCOE) after receiving a first and final round of bids from state governments to secure the project.

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On Tuesday the Italian Militare Marina’s FREMM frigate Carabiniere departed Sydney for Melbourne on another leg of her busy Australian PR tour with ADM embarked.

Minister Payne welcomed Minister Pinotti to Australia noting the visit is the first by a sitting Italian Defence Minister.

Tomcar Australia, which makes a range of off-road vehicles and soon the nation’s first production electric car, has been recognised for its foresight, resilience and innovative achievements.

AVM Hupfield explained how the changes brought in under the First Principles Review are now beginning to settle down.

The strategy will include the establishment of a new central coordination body– Defence NSW.

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Attitudes and behaviours, according to the report, will count more than contracts and policy when it comes to establishing effective collaboration.

During the demonstration, HD video was continuously streamed through the rotating blades of a Bell 407 Multi-role helicopter.

The second-generation SBAS will augment the basic GNSS signals, which, though accurate enough for many civil positioning, navigation and timing users, do not meet higher safety-of-life navigation requirements.

The partnership between the two veteran-owned tech start-ups will allow transitioning veterans the opportunity to gain real, paid work experience with Australia’s best companies.

The NZDF team will help patrol 3.2 million square miles of international water in the Middle East to support the US-led Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) over the next 12 months.

Diehl will concentrate its defence business in one entity known as Diehl Defence, effective from February 1 this year.