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HMAS Hobart successfully demonstrated cooperative engagement capability with a US Navy ship this week off the coast of Hawaii. The announcement is a milestone for the 'any sensor, best shooter' concept, which is set to be a core feature of the future networked battlefield.
In other news, Defence picks Datapod for secretive portable data storage, US F-22s become the latest aircraft capable of refuelling from a RAAF KC-30A, Safran opens a new office in Botany, Thales finishes redeveloping the ONESky office in Melbourne, HMAS Arunta gets a new mast, and the EU chooses Elbit Systems for unmanned maritime patrols.
And the house announcements: ADM Congress 2019 will take place on Wednesday, February 13 at the Canberra Playhouse; ADM will be launching a new membership model from 12 November; and forms for this year's Top 40 Defence Contractors survey are available now (due Friday next week), as well as Expressions of Interest for next year's Essington Lewis Awards (due Nov 23).
Please contact Managing Editor Katherine Ziesing for enquiries on Congress and Top 40 forms, and Awards Coordinator Jess Havard for Essington Lewis Awards enquiries.
Ewen Levick
Online Editor
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