Bob Carr (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) | Hansard source

The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the Honourable Senator's question:

(a) Network Centric Warfare Capability Policy and Plans

A similar question has previously been asked under Parliamentary Senate Question on Notice No. 1602 for the period 30 June to 31 December 2011 and a response was tabled on 8 May 2012. The response to this most recent question provides updated information for the requested period of 1 January to 31 July 2012.

Defence was engaged in the following network centric warfare activities from 1 January to 31 July 2012.

(b) Network Centric Capability and Increased Bandwidth

On the matter of increasing bandwidth, Defence was engaged in the following activities from 1 January to 31 July 2012.

($20 million). Major ICSI milestones have been the acquisition of major materiel and preparation for the demonstration of the deployable components.