Lockheed Martin’s Integrated Test Team (ITT) has begun Aegis combat system integration and testing aboard the first AWD, NUSHIP Hobart.

ADM spoke with 102nd Battery Commander Major Andrew McDonell from the 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery about Exercise Predator's Gallop.

The Japanese ambassador to Australia recognised three ADF members for their efforts in working with the JSDF in South Sudan as part of a wider United Nations mission.

The AN/SPQ-9B radar (slated for the Air Warfare Destroyer) has concluded tests proving its upgraded Periscope Detection and Discrimination capability.

The US State Department has approved the UK’s acquisition of nine P-8A Poseidons in a deal estimated to be worth $US3.2 billion.

The CEO of Siemens PLM Software has flagged a multi-million dollar software in-kind grant should Germany be selected to build Australia’s next fleet of submarines.

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This conversation happened during an extra session of Senate Estimates last week on March 17.

The Sir Richard Williams Foundation hosted Australian and international guests at their Air/Land seminar to look at how the two services work together, both strategically and tactically.

In the recent White Paper buried within future ADF capabilities, it was stated that “the Government will ensure that our maritime and land forces have improved strike capabilities.

Reports of small UAS being involved in near-miss events with commercial aircraft seem to be on the increase however recent studies in the US risks are minimal.

Sonartech Atlas will supply the Swedish Royal Navy with its Intercept Detection and Ranging Sonar (IDRS) system for their next generation submarines, the A-26.

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The resulting backlash has forced Defence Minister Marise Payne to defend the decision before she even formally announced it.

Speaking at the 2016 Air Power Conference, Minster for Defence Senator Marise Payne admitted that the Air Force is "at the centre of a technologically enhanced ADF".

The replacement of the RAAF’s Special Purpose Aircraft (SPA) fleet is also to be decided this year.