Gerard Frawley

The Department of Defence has accepted an Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report recommendation that it assesses whether upgrading the Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) fleet provides value for money when the aircraft is slated for replacement mid next decade. The latest ANAO report into the Tiger program, released on Thursday, found that the helicopter continues to suffer

Australia is one of a small number of nations that have shown interest in the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) being developed for the US Navy and US Air Force, Lockheed Martin has revealed. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this

Lockheed Martin has been using its Center for Innovation to demonstrate and validate its ability to connect different systems such as aircraft and ships operated by the Australian Defence Force to allow them to share data. As part of its preparatory efforts to bid for the nascent AIR 6500 project for a joint battle management

The federal government’s new Defence Industry Policy Statement played a key role in encouraging Lockheed Martin to establish a new multi-disciplinary research and development laboratory in Melbourne. To be led by current head of the Defence Science and Technology Group’s National Security and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Division, Dr Tony Lindsay, the new ‘Science Technology

Production of the 15 Airbus Helicopters H135s for the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) Helicopter Aircrew Training System is continuing apace with the fifth and sixth aircraft noted at the manufacturer’s Donauwörth production facility in Germany on Tuesday. N52-005 (‘cab’ number 845) and N52-006 (cab number 846) were noted on the flightline at Donauwörth, north of

Australia has expressed interest in automatic refuelling and datalink relay technology Airbus Defence & Space is developing for the A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport. The RAAF operates five MRTTs as the KC-30A (with two more on order) and is watching closely the development of the automatic refuelling technology in particular, Airbus DS head of engineering Miguel Angel Moreno told