New minister for Defence Materiel and Science Mal Brough opened the event this year, reflecting on the changes in the Defence space since his last ministerial posting there 12 years ago.

“The pressure for ICT interoperability, simplicity and flexibility is only increasing,” CIO Chief Peter Lawrence chief told the MilCIS audience this week.

In late October, Airbus Defence and Space revealed a range of improvements it is developing for its A330-based Multi-Role Tanker Transport.

The Raytheon/Kongsberg Joint Strike Missile (JSM) successfully completed a missile flight test in the US last week.

The latest 2015 Transparency International’s (TI) Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index (GI) report is out.

Aspiring engineers will soon have the opportunity to study alongside military personnel in the ACT following an agreement between Defence and the ACT Government.

Minister for Defence Senator Marise Payne has announced the Australian Defence College is running a pilot program using Google Apps for Education.

A new national brand focused on research that improves the health and wellbeing of our veterans, emergency first responders and their families launched on Friday 6 November in Adelaide.

The annual MilCIS Comms and IS conference winds up today and the general consensus seems to be we are heading in the right direction but there is still a way to go.

The running of the Melbourne Cup always seems to signal the beginning of the end of the year. But no signs of anything slowing down in Defence circles.

ASC has released its annual report for the last financial year and the numbers presented in it are open to interpretation.

A delegation from the RAAF arrived in Spain last week to discuss the installation of VIP interiors in the two KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft it has on order.

The future of Australia’s second largest industrial wind tunnel may be in doubt, after the University of Adelaide announced it may sell the Thebarton Campus that houses the facility.

On November 4 the Public Works Committee (PWC) conducted two hearings into projects concerning future EA-18G Growler facilities and the Delamere Air Weapons Range in the NT.

Defence has signed a contract with Saab Australia for in-service support of the C-RAM radar, Lightweight Counter-Mortar Radar and the GAMB Training System.

Rear Admiral Stephen Johnson (US Navy, Retd) has been appointed the new General Manager Submarines within the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG).