24 January 2008 BAE Systems Australia has bought Australia’s second-biggest defence manufacture, Sydney-based Tenix Defence Pty Ltd, for $775 million. The sale contract was signed in 18 January in Sydney and is subject to regulatory approvals in both Canberra and…
7 January 2008 Boeing’s Integrated Defence Systems sector has opened an office in the U.S. to help Australian companies compete for contracts to supply components and services across the Boeing Company. The two-man Office of Australian Industry Capability (OAIC) will…
7 January 2008 The Australian minister for defence, Joel Fitzgibbon, is about to commission a review of the Royal Australian Air Force’s future air combat capability options. The scope and schedule for the review haven’t been finalised as yet, but…