The ADF has transferred high quality imagery and colour video via Wideband High Frequency (WBHF) radio as part of the Royal Australian Air Force’s technology upgrade, Plan Jericho.

On 31 October Defence in Business (DiB) staged a series of presentations regarding business and employment opportunities in and around Ipswich.

The study will consider workforce and training issues affecting the Aviation industry

Australian cyber professionals and employers need to engage with students early on to open students’ eyes to cyber career options, according to the Raytheon Cyber Careers Survey.

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Welcome to another issue of our premium newsletter. Our Editor Katherine Ziesing has returned with a report from the French shipyards.

Speaking recently to Australian media, the Chief of Staff of the French Navy Admiral Bernard Rogel explained that the French Navy has never been busier around the globe.

NT chief minister Adam Giles announced that his government is willing to spend $100 million on a common user facility ship lift

Lengthy repairs to HMAS Waller following a fire on board in February 2014 have now been completed but the Collins class submarine will not be available for operations until sometime next year, Defence has confirmed.

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South China Sea reflections

Back in April this year, Admiral Harry Harris, then Commander of the US Pacific Fleet (now Commander US Pacific Command) made global headlines when he warned of the perils around China’s so-called “great wall of sand”.

Northrop Grumman has won the contract to develop and build a next-generation US long-range strike bomber (LRS-B) in the largest award by the Pentagon in over a decade.

Captain Mona Shindy, a weapons engineer, cultural advisor, and business leader in the Royal Australian Navy, has been named the 2015 Telstra NSW Business Woman of the Year.

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RAN loaning two Cape-class patrol boats

The Australian Border Force (ABF) has temporarily transferred two Cape-class offshore patrol vessels to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to enable the navy to meet its border security operations commitments.

Do you think you qualify for ADM’s Top 40 Defence Contractors or Top 20 Defence SMEs this year?

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This week has seen both the Minister and the Secretary among others fronting Senate Estimates. Minister Payne has indicated she hasn't directed any changes be made to the pending White Paper.

Boeing has revealed that the US Navy and ADF trialled its SHARC unmanned surveillance system during the recent Talisman Sabre exercise in northern Australia.

The RAAF’s new battlefield airlifter, the Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan, performed a series of air drop trials in early October.