F-35 JSF re-certification no surprise
That the troubled JSF program has been re-certified after its April Nunn-McCurdy breach is no surprise, especially after many of the issues which saw it breach the threshold were substantially addressed by US SECDEF Gates back in February. It’s interesting... [Continue reading]
See, Defence can get it right!
Much has been said in recent years about defence projects that have stalled or have been cancelled, many due to capability creep or bureaucratic mismanagement. Seasprite and JP129 instantly spring to mind. The Wedgetail project has also received its... [Continue reading]
Ties are on at Virgin Blue?
Friday marked the first full week of the Borghetti era at Virgin Blue, and indications are that changes are already happening, particularly within the Virgin Village, with at least one senior executive announcing their resignation. Long serving head... [Continue reading]
Virgin ground for Borghetti
As a former employee of another part of the Qantas Group, I only met John Borghetti once at an employee roadshow in 2007 talking about some of the future plans of the group. But from what I saw of him, I think he’ll make a great CEO at Virgin Blue,... [Continue reading]
Williams Foundation comments on F-35 problems
As part of the Fiscal 2011 US Defense Department Budget Requests, Defense Secretary Robert Gates on February 1 2010 proposed US$11 billion for the F-35 Joint Strike Figher (JSF) program and outlined a strategy to stabilise project cost and schedule.... [Continue reading]
The Eagle has landed!
“It’s a good day, but we’ve still got some way to go,” AEW&C program head AVM Chris Deeble told me at the occasion of the ‘initial handover’ of the first two Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft to the RAAF this morning, but the relief in his... [Continue reading]
JSF – a win for strategic thinking
The Williams Foundation unequivocally endorses the government’s decision to place a firm order for 14 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. This represents strategic thinking of the first order, for which the Rudd government, and indeed its coalition predecessors... [Continue reading]
JSF acquisition answers some questions, raises others
Remember November 25, it’s an historic day for Australian military aviation. It is not every day that the Australian government commits to buy a new fighter, but today it did just that in committing to buy 14 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters... [Continue reading]
