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November 2005 \\ In This Issue

01	News Headlines	04	Innovations
02	News Bites	05	SMEs
03	Remember When?	06	Calendar

Top News Headlines at DMO

	Great bits of kit for the warfighter DMO Chief Executive Officer, Dr Steve Gumley talks about how the warfighter interacts with the capability DMO delivers.
	Peter Croser talks about today’s Australian Defence Industry Extract from the keynote address by Peter Croser at the Defence Skilling Summit 2005 recently held in Adelaide.
	Times of conflict call for cooperation During times of conflict, the ability to acquire equipment rapidly or provide enhanced capability to troops in the field is crucial to the operational success of the ADF.
	A Revised Defence Recognised Supplier Scheme Being a supplier to the Australian Defence Force has a cachet that is valued by overseas governments and recognised by other buyers and companies in Australia.
	Two more ACPB’s Launched Two new Armidale-class patrol boats, NUSHIPs Larrakia and Bathurst were officially named at the Austal Ships construction facility in Western Australia last month.

News Bites

Network Centric Warfare Roadmap Updated

Industry and Defence team up to complete successful Middle East deployment

Industry provides training for AEW&C

Implementing the Skilling Australia's Defence Industry Program

DMO Support Services Panel

An alternative to Anti-personnel Mines

DMO's Defence Materiel Advocate

Milestone for RAAF Hawk Lead-in Fighter

New 'Smart' Bombs for Australia's F/A-18 Aircraft

Nation-wide seminars on AWD

The Pacific 2006 International Maritime and Naval Exposition

Remember When?

Mutual Aid from Canada
It is well known that Australia received vast quantities of aid from the United States of America during the Second World War, under the Lend Lease scheme. In order to partially redress the dollar value of aid received, Australia provided considerable quantities of goods to the United States in return under the Reciprocal Lend Lease scheme.

Innovations

Unmanned Systems
Research into autonomous vehicles (including unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) is being undertaken by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) under its Automation of the Battlespace Initiative (ABSI) working with companies such as Aerosonde, Saab, Nautronix and Tenix.

Small to Medium Enterprises

Fiomarine Signs US Defense Contract
Fiomarine Industries Pty Ltd recently signed a contract with US Defense after working with them for five years investigating possible applications for the Fiobuoy® Submersible Marine Marker Buoy and Retrieval System.

Upcoming Events

2005

2006

November
Thu 03	International Project Management Day
Tue 08 -10	PARARI – Australian Ordnance Symposium
Mon 28	Defence Watch seminar: Delivering Aerospace Capability to the ADF
January
Mon 30 -08	Pacific 2006 International Maritime and Naval Exhibition; and Royal Australian Navy Sea Power Conference 2006