The 2009 White Paper stated that the Air Warfare Destroyers will be equipped with the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) long-range surface to air missile (SAM).

Saab has received an order from Australia for a number of additional BOL countermeasure dispensers to be used on F/A-18A/B Hornet aircraft.

Austal has rolled out the first of two 72m High Speed Support Vessels (HSSV’s) being built for the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO), today, at the company’s Henderson Western Australia shipyard.

Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia (RMMVA) recently awarded Milspec Manufacturing a significant contract for the supply of over 2,500 vehicle installation kits.

Engineering consultancy Frazer-Nash is utilising its Adelaide-based team to provide specialist engineering technical support to the Sea 1000 Future Submarine Program.

The Royal Australian Navy is facing a set of circumstances that are probably the envy of many other navies.

I’m going to go against the grain and posit that Defence needs less change in many ways; less leadership change, less change in dollars, and less change in proven processes.

In a presentation to the 1st Navy Aviation Symposium, part of the Pacific 2015 maritime exposition, in Sydney last week, Airbus Group Australia Pacific (AGAP) outlined a series of future capability upgrade proposals for the MRH 90 Taipan Multi-Role Helicopter.

Chief Defence Scientist Dr Alex Zelinsky launched the third round of the Defence Science and Technology Group’s ‘PitchFest’ concept during the Pacific 2015 maritime exposition in Sydney last week.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop, Minister for Defence Marise Payne, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter met on October 13 in Boston for the Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations.

The industries most likely to receive targeted APT attacks in the APAC region are telecom, federal governments, education, high-tech and financial services.

Maritime Australia has announced the establishment of a $10,000 scholarship award for young naval engineers.

The full version of Defence Week Premium no.370 of 15 Oct 2015 can be downloaded here as a PDF. A separate PDF of the latest Defence tenders can also be downloaded here.

It's been a manic few days at Pacific 2015 International Maritime Expo in Sydney with plenty of annoucements, agreements, presentations and awards and both industry and government all putting on a great show.

Japan has adopted a new approach in their bid to build the replacement for the Royal Australian Navy’s Collins class submarine fleet under Project Sea 1000.

The commander of the US Pacific Fleet has delivered a thinly veiled warning to China against interfering with the freedom of navigation and over flight in the Asia-Pacific region.