STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 30 (UPI) — The Australian Ministry of Defense has contracted Saab to supply communication technologies for the Royal Navy’s Anzac- and Canberra-class ships.

LONDON, March 30 (UPI) — The British Ministry of Defense announced a milestone for an attack-submarine program with the recent laying of the Audacious Astute-class submarine’s keel.

RA’ANANA, Israel, March 30 (UPI) — Israel-based Nice Systems has launched its new mobile, digital video-surveillance technology in a move to expand the company’s security-solutions portfolio.

WALL, N.J., March 30 (UPI) — The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has contracted BIO-key International Inc. for the company’s biometric identity-management technologies.

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 30 (UPI) — Secure information-sharing technologies developer Spyrus said its universal serial bus encryption drives have been approved by the U.S. Defense Department.

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 30 (UPI) — The U.S. Defense Department has certified that a network time-server technology from Symmetricom Inc. has met global positioning system security requirements.

TEWKSBURY, Mass., March 27 (UPI) — U.S. company Raytheon Co. has been awarded a Phase III contract to continue work on a radiation detection technology.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 27 (UPI) — U.S. company Pratt & Whitney announced a milestone achievement for its F135 engine with the completion of more than 100 hours of flight testing.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 27 (UPI) — Pratt & Whitney said its contract from the Royal Netherlands Air Force has been expanded to include additional aircraft-engine support.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 27 (UPI) — The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency announced firewall technology from Juniper Networks has been certified and placed on an approved-technologies list.

ASHBURN, Va., March 27 (UPI) — The U.S. Air Force has contracted Telos Corp. to provide network-centric services to support the Application Software Assurance Center of Excellence.

MCLEAN, Va., March 27 (UPI) — U.S. company QinetiQ North America announced a new radiation sensor add-on for its widely deployed Talon robot technology.

PITTSBURGH, March 27 (UPI) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has contracted Michael Baker Jr. Inc. to provide engineering services in the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa.