November 2006 Issue
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Government Grants First Pass Approval for Joint Strike Fighter
The Australian Government has given first past approval for the acquisition of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
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Industry comments sought on procurement improvement
Comments from defence industry members are presently being sought on the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) Procurement Improvement Program (PIP) tendering and contracting templates that have been released for stakeholder consultation.
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Defence industry policy available for public comment
The Minister for Defence, the Honourable Brendan Nelson, will release the Government's draft defence industry policy for public comment in December.
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Capability Development Executive
Potential Updates to Defence Capability Plans
Defence will have a number of potential new capability proposals to consider for the 2007 to 2017 and 2008 to 2018 Defence Capability Plans (DCP) with Capability Development Executive recently completing its third annual Defence Capability Update.
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Aligning priorities for success
With Australian ship builders/physical systems integrators about to
undertake work on one of the biggest ship projects for the Australian
Defence Force (ADF) in country, the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) and
another Australian ship build under consideration, the Amphibious
(LHD) ships, On Target took a look at the ANZAC project and
the lessons learned from the last ‘mega’ Australian surface
combatant shipbuild.
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Australian Army M113’s navigation system upgrade offers export potential for Australian defence industry
A new navigation system will provide the Army’s fleet of M113 armoured personnel carriers with an unprecedented capability and is also expected to benefit Australian industry.
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Bites |
Clothing Plan released
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Team Australia attends Euronaval
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Team Australia Washington Defence Industry Expo
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Ensuring Australia's Air Combat Capability Edge
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London gets new Counsellor, Defence Materiel
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DMO meets with ANAO approval
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DMO’s Annual Report
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We sent Amphibious Trucks to the Antarctic?
Australian interest in exploring the Antarctic continent and sub-Antarctic islands goes back to the early part of the 20 th Century. But, it was not until after the Second World War that the Australian Government decided to have a permanent presence in the area.
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Eyes and ears in the sky
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is making innovative use of technology from the past, balloons.
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 Small
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A sole supplier
Bisalloy Steels fills a unique niche in the steel market. So much so that locally and in Asia the name for the company’s quenched and tempered steel product, ‘Bisplate’ is a ‘generic term’ for this product type.
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 Upcoming
Events |
| 2006
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| November |
Mon
30 -31 |
UAS Technologies for the 21st Century.
The digital battlespace: Platforms, payloads and missions
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| November |
Mon
29 -30 |
International Business Convention for the Aerospace Industries
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