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Northrop Grumman has successfully flown a second MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter at the US Navy’s Point Mugu test facility in California. The aircraft joins the first example which first flew last October and has since completed 41 test flights totally 66 hours. “The addition of the second MQ-8C means we can begin testing on

Chief of Air Force AIRMSHL Geoff Brown and Minister for Defence Senator David Johnston have formally welcomed home more than 100 RAAF personnel who had been deployed to Multi National Base – Tarin Kot (MNB-TK) in Afghanistan. The formal ceremony at RAAF Base Amberley on February 14 follows the closure of MNB-TK in December, and

The Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) has formally inducted a squadron of 16 Korean Aerospace T-50i Golden Eagle advanced trainers into service. In a ceremony attended by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, the aircraft were handed over to the TNI-AU by the Ministry of Defence on February 13 for service with 15

The Airbus Group has announced it has entered into a share purchase agreement with Raiffeisenverband Salzburg to acquire Salzburg München Bank AAG. The company says the acquisition of the Munich-based bank will allow it to provide additional financing options for the aeronautics and defence company, and that, after closing, “it will be renamed Airbus Group

Hawker Pacific has signed an MoU with Bell Helicopter with the intent to enter into future purchase agreements for various Bell helicopter models based on anticipated market growth. The agreement was signed at the Singapore Airshow by Hawker Pacific CEO, Alan Smith and Bell Helicopter president and CEO, John Garrison. An accompanying media release says

Virgin Australia founder and shareholder, Sir Richard Branson, has taken out full page open letter advertisements in Australia’s Sunday newspapers on February 16 calling for the Australian government to not “prop up the Qantas Group.” Branson’s letter warns that “business people worldwide will think twice about investing in Australia” for fear of government intervention in