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Details: Written by Emma Davies; Category: General; Published: 02 December 2020

XTEK Ltd - Xtek appoints new non-executive director in Former Defence Minister Christopher Pyne XTEK Ltd (ASX:XTE) has strengthened its board with the appointment of former Federal Government Minister Christopher Pyne as a non-executive director of the company. Pyne brings a wealth of commercial, political and global defence experience to XTEK, having served as the 54th Australian Defence Minister. He was responsible for delivering the $200 billion build-up of Australia’s military capability and assisted in developing the 2016 Defence White Paper and implementing the Integrated Investment Program.

Details: Written by Rachel Middleton; Category: General; Published: 01 November 2020

Archtis Ltd enters Microsoft market with acquisition of global information protection business Nucleus Cyber archTIS Ltd (ASX:AR9) has entered into a binding term sheet to buy global information protection business Nucleus Cyber Inc for a total potential consideration of up to $9.75 million in shares. The acquisition will create a global, geographically diverse company that supports archTIS’ strategy of being the world’s premier provider of policy enforced access control platforms for securing and sharing digital information.

Details: Written by Mark Baxter; Category: General; Published: 22 October 2020

J CMR recently introduced Global Defense IT Spending Market study with focused approach on market size & volumes by Application, Industry particular process, product type, players, and production & Consumption analysis considering major factors, cost Structure and regulatory factors. At present, the market is developing its presence and some of the key players from the complete study are Leidos, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics,..

Details: Written by AARON YOUNG; Category: General; Published: 13 October 2020

These Military Trucks Could Handle An Apocalypse | HotCars When it comes to durable vehicles that can traverse any terrain with ease, and haul all the supplies one may need, not much can beat military trucks at the job. While civilian trucks are hardworking vehicles with good payload capacity and all-terrain performance, military trucks are on an entirely different level. Purpose-built to get the job done, wherever the job may be and engineered to survive any hazard or hardship they may face, many military trucks are outright beasts.

Details: Written by Defence Aviation Post; Category: General; Published: 06 October 2020

The French defence ministry has revealed that an Indian Air Force pilot was given a demonstration of a new target acquisition system meant for the Rafale fighter. The French defence ministry informed on its website earlier this week that an Indian Air Force pilot flew on a Rafale F3R fighter on September 22 that was equipped with the TALIOS target acquisition pod.

Details: Written by Simon Evans; Category: General; Published: 29 September 2020

Technology consulting group Accenture is aiming to tap into the defence and aerospace industries by setting up a hub in South Australia after a painful wave of redundancies elsewhere in its Australian business. Bob Easton, the Australasian chairman of Accenture, said the goal was to employ up to 2000 people over the next three to five years in the Adelaide office, which now has a workforce of about 150.

Details: Written by Press Release; Category: General; Published: 28 September 2020

Australia's PMB Defence to Supply Batteries for Canadian Victoria-class Submarines - Naval News PMB Defence (PMB) has been assigned the contract to supply submarine batteries to the Canadian Government for its Victoria Class submarines. The Royal Canadian Navy operates four Victoria Class conventional submarines which have been active in the service since 2003. PMB will manufacture the lead-acid based battery systems at our new state-of-the art production, research and development and engineering facilities situated adjacent to the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide, South Australia.

Details: Written by Press Release; Category: General; Published: 17 September 2020

KBR Captures $974M Contract, Expands Base Op Services to US KBR has secured an eight-year contract to perform day-to-day base operations for the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) – a major command of the Air Force. This new indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a $974 million maximum ceiling value. KBR will help sustain the well-being of U.S. armed forces at Morón Air Base in Spain, as well as Incirlik Air Base, Izmir Air Station, Office of Defense Cooperation –Turkey and the Ankara Support Facility also in Turkey.

Details: Written by Army Recognition; Category: General; Published: 09 September 2020

Army Recognition Global Defense and Security news Army Recognition is presenting an analysis about the most modern 6x6 wheeled self-propelled howitzers in service and currently in production or ready for series production to date. A self-propelled howitzer is an artillery combat system equipped with its own propulsion system to move towards its target. The key advantage of the self-propelled artillery system over towed artillery, it can be deployed into action much faster.