Like its Western allies, Australia has had its share of troubled military procurement programs that missed cost and delivery targets. The Kaman Super Seasprite naval helicopter never entered service, for example, despite government expenditures of $1 billion. But Australia also deserves credit for innovations in program management that may hold lessons for other countries. While they offer no guarantee of success, they are worth a closer look.

Beijing is thought to be planning unspecified countermeasures against the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) after the country’s airlines said they would not comply with the law, which went into effect Jan. 1.

BEIJING — Japan will join international programs for the development and manufacturing of military equipment, following its historic decision to relax its ban on arms exports. The decision creates a potential for enormous changes in the way Japanese defense suppliers do business, allowing them to concentrate on developing and making weapons parts in which they have special advantages, rather than persist in building the entire equipment in uneconomical, low volumes. Changes are likely to come only gradually, however, as the country initiates new programs.