Tag: defence
Thales to award $5m contract to Victorian RPC Technologies
Geelong firm RPC Technologies — the Australian specialist engineering company — could be awarded a $5 million contract for components from defence company Thales, provided the...
Australia and Japan to collaborate on stealth technology research
Japan and Australia agreed on Wednesday to intensify security ties established in 2007 and collaborate on developing stealth submarine technology, as Canberra looks to gain...
Austal launches Cape Nelson — the third Cape Class Patrol Boat
Following the announcement that the second-in-series Cape Class Patrol Boat has been officially named Cape Byron, the global defence prime contractor and the designer and manufacturer...
BAE Systems wins 5-year ship modernization contract
BAE Systems, the British multinational defence contractor, has been awarded a five-year contract to repair, maintain and modernise nine US Navy destroyers and cruisers...
AMWU calls on Defence Minister not to outsource Australia’s defence capacity
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has expressed concern regarding the speculation that the Abbott Government plans on purchasing “off the shelf” options for...
Geelong mayor lobbies for multi-billion dollar defence contract
Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons is lobbying in Canberra to secure a $10 billion defence contract to design and build Land 400 military combat vehicles...
Thales Australia receives fresh orders of Victorian-manufactured vehicle
Thales Australia’s Bushmaster has received fresh export orders from Japan and Indonesia, with strong interest expressed by Libya, making the Aussie-made Protected Mobility Vehicle...
Northrop Grumman delivers centre fuselage for Australia’s first F-35 Lightning II aircraft
American aerospace and defence company Northrop Grumman has delivered the centre fuselage for Australia’s first F-35 Lightning II aircraft to Lockheed Martin on September...
Ship builder Austal delivers second LCS to US Navy
Ship manufacturer Austal has announced that it has successfully delivered the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Coronado 4 to the US Navy on Friday, after...
Australian and Singaporean defence companies partner to manufacture 40mm ammunitions
Australian Munitions, the largest supplier of explosives and munitions in the country, and Singapore Technologies Kinetics have partnered to jointly develop and manufacture 40mm...
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