The deal represents the biggest breakthrough for the Sydney-based company since its offerings were chosen as the preferred anti-drone solution for the European Union's police forces in May.
The training, alongside the US military, is designed to improve integration Royal Australian Navy warships such as HMAS Canberra, Hobart, Stuart, Arunta and Sirius.
RUAG Australia has become the latest recipient of the government’s Defence Global Competitiveness Grants to support the global F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet supply chain.
Defence Minister Melissa Price said 150 jobs in the Hunter region were supported through the deep service works, facilitated by Boeing Defence Australia.
HARS Aviation Museum has painstakingly reassembled a Cold-War era Soviet MiG-21, which it will display this weekend (10-12 July) at Shellharbour Regional Airport.
The isolation of Australia provides both defensive advantages and disadvantages but this ‘tyranny of distance’ is now a key concern for projecting Australian air power.