Welcome to 2015 ladies and gentlemen. I hope the silly season has treated you well and you're ready for the year ahead.
We've changed Defence Week Premium this year to better reflect the views expressed in the reader survey at the end of last year. My thanks again to those of you who took part.
The newsletter is a leaner offering with a preference for quality over quantity. We say thanks to our regular contributor Tom Muir who has called it a day on the weekly grind but will continue with occasional stories in the monthly magazine.
Our focus in future will be firmly fixed locally. We will now only cover international material as it relates to the Australian context.
I hope to catch up with many of you at ADM2015 next month but in the meantime, please enjoy Defence Week Premium.
Cheers,
Katherine Ziesing
Editor
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KC-30A and JSF refuelling trials
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Aviation fire truck contract announced
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Defence Week Premium 331 PDF versions
The full version of Defence Week Premium no.331 of 15 January 2015 can be downloaded here as a PDF. A separate PDF of the latest Defence tenders can also be downloaded here. more»
Japan and Australia to support JSF in the region
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