US Defense Undersecretary and chief weapons buyer Frank Kendall did his best to explain the intricacies of acquisition reform at ADM 2016 Congress last week.

No. 285 Squadron RAAF at Richmond has been working hard during the last eighteen months, leveraging cutting edge synthetic technologies to enhance the delivery of C-130J Super Hercules operational effects and the training behind it.

Australian science education received another shot in the arm with a Federal Minister, Raytheon and the nation’s science education organisation Questacon meeting in Adelaide.

Bell Helicopter and BAE Systems have signed an agreement for ongoing sustainment and support of Bell military helicopters, specifically the AH-1Z attack helicopter, in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

A busy week in aviation with the largest expo in the region – the Singapore Airshow – causing the usual flurry of excitement among the avgeeks.

Over 400 delegates at the ADM2016 Congress in Canberra this week heard a range of speakers set the tone for the year ahead.

In her inaugural address, Defence Minister Marise Payne pledged to reform the relationship between Defence and industry.

One of the big crowd pleasers of the ADM 2016 Congress was the disarmingly frank and largely positive panel discussion on the future of naval shipbuilding in Australia.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which forms part of the Japanese team seeking to build Australia’s Future Submarine under Sea 1000, has committed to building its Soryu-derived design in Australia.

Raytheon Australia employee, Brodie Ryan, has been announced as the 2015 Australian Industry & Defence Network (AIDN) National Young Achiever in an awards ceremony.

Building plans for a new $750,000 facility set to position Tasmania as a world leader in underwater robotic technologies were revealed on Wednesday.

Welcome to our first newsletter hot on the heels of another successful ADM2016 Congress! We squeezed a lot into an action-packed day but the general consensus from the feedback received is that it was a very worthwhile experience.

The Pentagon’s Director of Operational Testing and Evaluation (DOT&E) Michael Gilmore has released his report into the F-35 Lightning II for US Congress with the Joint Program office (JPO) saying the deficiencies raised are “well known” and come as “no surprise”.

The US Navy will launch a service life extension program (SLEP) for its F/A-18E/F Super Hornets as delays to the carrier variant (F-35C) joint strike fighter force it to consider contingency plans.

The man who will head up NASA’s Mars mission believes Australia has a part to play in future space programs that goes beyond the happy chance of being an ideal site for tracking and communications stations.

With remote piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) set to boom in both civil and military roles in Australia, the Australian Association for Unmanned Systems (AAUS) believes it’s time to solve the critical issue of safely integrating them into civil airspace.