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20 Jan 2012

Austal's Alabama shipyard, a subsidiary company of Austal Australia, completed the launch of the second 127-metre Independence-Variant Littoral Combat Ship, "Coronado".

20 Jan 2012

The Kokoda Foundation released a report stating that it found that there is simply no commercial off-the-shelf conventional submarine that comes close to meeting Australia's requirements.

20 Jan 2012

ADF personnel serving in the Middle East Area of Operations welcomed a new commander, Major General Stuart Smith AM, after 12 months under the guide of Major General Angus Campbell AM.

20 Jan 2012

South Korea has announced current or potential procurement programmes for a number of air-to-surface precision guided munitions, according to local media.

19 Dec 2011

Australian Aerospace delivered the 15th MRH90 (Multi-Role Helicopter) to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) – the second such handover in two weeks.

19 Dec 2011

Saab has signed a multi-million dollar change to its development contract with BAE Systems to provide operator and maintainer training systems for the Saab 9LV CMS on the LHDs.

19 Dec 2011

The government has approved the upgrade of around 200 Bushmaster vehicles including those currently operating in Afghanistan and the additional 101 announced May this year.

19 Dec 2011

LAND 121 Phase 4 Protected Military Vehicle – Light (PMV-L) is a $1.5 billion project that seeks to provide up to 1300 protected and unprotected light vehicles.

19 Dec 2011

Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia has been down-selected as the preferred tenderer and will now enter into detailed negotiations to provide vehicles under LAND 121 Phase 3B.

15 Dec 2011

The Swiss Department of Defence (VBS) announced that the Federal Council had decided to procure 22 Saab Gripen fighter aircraft to replace its ageing F-5E/F Tiger II fleet.