Australia's defence minister has opened a new virtual training centre which will allow Australian troops to train with their US counterparts as well as the Australian Navy and Air Force without any of them needing to meet. The Queensland-based Joint Combined Training Centre (JCTC) links

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The European Defence Agency (EDA) is to produce a plan by 2008 to promote and guide cooperative equipment programmes between its 26 member nations. The Capability Development Plan (CDP) will help EU governments identify the key capability areas they must develop to meet the security thr

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Israel Aerospace Industries and Rheinmetall Defence are to develop a reconnaissance and strike-system network using loitering munitions assets for operational ground forces. The companies plan to implement a weapon system for standoff-capable engagement of single and pinpoint targets (W

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Telecommunications company Telus is to supply and manage global telecommunications for Canada's defence department. The C$213m contract, which will run for five years, will see the company providing managed services including voice, data, video and IP solutions.

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CPU Technology and BAE Systems are to develop a virtual model of BAE's Bradley Combat Systems vehicle. The model, which will run on CPU's new SystemLab platform simulator, will enable engineering teams networked together to have complete visibility inside the electronics of the entire v

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Lockheed Martin has completed a successful low endo-atmospheric test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) weapon system interceptor. Lockheed Martin vice-president for THAAD Tom McGrath says the test was the 'lowest fly-out angle to date'. "The interceptor has su

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Three British soldiers were killed, and a fourth seriously injured by an improvised explosive device in Iraq early this morning. Major David Gell told the BBC the explosion happened at about 01.00 local time on Thursday in the Al Antahiya district in the south-east of Basra. T

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Quantitative methods could play an important role in helping military commanders and political leaders make more informed decisions, according to US scientists. University of Maryland's laboratory for computational cultural dynamics co-director VS Subrahmanian told an AAAS-organised sem

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The investigation of allegations of corruption against UK firm BAE Systems by the US Department of Justice could stymie the company's plans to expand into the America's military hardware market. Yesterday BAE Systems confirmed that it is facing allegations of making illegal payments in

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The UK Ministry of Defence has announced it will buy new weapons-mounted patrol vehicles for use in Iraq and Afghanistan. The MWMIK 4x4 vehicles will deliver a new level of power to the 'weapons mounted installation kit' fleet, with more fire power and a better range of mobility, accord

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