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Ash Barty – Ipswich’s Number One

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McAully Smash Repairs celebrates 60 years in business

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Roulettes impress with PC-21

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Decades of stories funded by Cribb Bursary

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Star of Mamma Mia – Carole Williams

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Discover the passion of cooking good food

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‘Answering the Call’: Vietnam

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Orchid Spectacular to raise funds for Siblings Group

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CBD Post Office wins reprieve from closure

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Exploring the ghostly realms of Ipswich

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Budget for a liveable city

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ASD names new chiefs for ACSC, signals operations
High-ranking crisis management and incident response public servant Abigail Bradshaw has been named the new head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre. Australian Signals Directorate director-general Rachel Noble announced the appointment late on Friday afternoon, six weeks after the national cyber spy agency went looking for a replacement. She replaces Noble, who left the ACSC […]
Australia accepts delivery of NUSHIP Sydney air warfare destroyer
The Australian Defence has accepted the delivery of the third Hobart-class guided missile air warfare destroyer (AWD), NUSHIP Sydney. The Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance-built ship is the final of the Hobart-class for the Royal Australian Navy. The alliance includes the Department of Defence, Raytheon Australia and ASC Shipbuilding supported by Navantia Australia.
Defence signs multi-million dollar contract for Joint Adversarial Training and Testing
Defence has recently signed a $330 million dollar contract with Raytheon Australia Pty Ltd to deliver Joint Adversarial Training and Testing Services (JATTS) to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for a period of eight years. The JATTS contract consolidates three existing contracts that form the ability to support ADF exercises with ‘enemy’ airborne force aircraft, […]
NOVA SYSTEMS WINS $25M NORWEGIAN DEFENCE CONTRACT
Nova Systems Norway, a subsidiary of Australia’s Nova Group, has been awarded a two-year framework contract worth $25 million by the Norwegian Armed Forces to support the NH90 maritime helicopters. Nova Systems Norway won the contract through an open and competitive tender process and work started in February 2020.
US to ‘pause’ production of Australia’s Triton drones
The title of the latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs asks, ‘Can we trust America?’ The case of the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial system would suggest the answer is no. The 2016 defence white paper named the Triton as one of its capability priorities for the future Australian Defence Force:.To complement the surveillance capabilities of […]
Elon Musk says the US's F-35 stealth jet 'would have no chance' against a 'drone fighter plane'
Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested that Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II, the costly stealth jet considered to be pinnacle of US military aviation, “would have no chance” if pitted against a drone that is remotely piloted by a human. At the US Air Force’s Air Warfare Symposium in Florida, Musk said there should be a […]
BAE Systems to Support Critical IT Infrastructure for U.S. Marshals Service
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, has selected BAE Systems for a $126 million task order1 to provide mission critical sustainment and engineering services to the USMS’ Information Technology (IT) Division. “We are a leading systems integrator with strong experience unifying the people, processes, and tools needed to […]
Bell-Boeing contract to deliver two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor V/STOL aircraft for U.S. Marine Corps
Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is awarded a $165,275,894 modification (P00028) to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm-target, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-17-C-0015) for the manufacture and delivery of two MV-22B variation in quantity aircraft for the Marine Corps and to provide funding for additional repairs in support of the Common Configuration-Readiness and Modernization Program.
Exercise Cope North under way in Guam
The Royal Australian Air Force has deployed aircraft to take part in Exercise Cope North in Guam. Thirteen aircraft in total - 11 F/A-18A/B Classic Hornets, an E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft, and a KC-30A multirole tanker transport – are taking part in the exercise at Andersen Air Force Base. The joint […]
NSW company chases further success in global F-35 program
A small Australian business has developed a cutting-edge manufacturing system that doubles the production capacity of its printed circuit boards, positioning itself for further success in the global F-35 program. Queanbeyan based Lintek Pty Ltd produces circuit boards for phased array radar and electronic warfare systems, which forms part of the F-35 program.

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