Marc Joel Atrero

The MRH-90 Taipan’s long journey to success By most reasonable measures, the Australian Defence Force’s MRH90 acquisition project and service entry process for the Australian Army and Royal Australian Navy has been a long and painful one. Technical issues, contractual disagreements, order cancellations and service entry delays in European partner nations, multiple sub-variants and production

Time is Fleeting Australian airlines’ current and future aircraft options When Australian Aviation’s first issue hit newsstands forty years ago, Australian airlines enjoyed a wide choice of aircraft manufacturers for their fleeting needs. Names like Douglas, Lockheed, BAC, Fokker, Dassault-Breguet and British Aerospace and joined today’s duopoly of Airbus and Boeing in offering jet aircraft for

Dassault Aviation sets its sights on Australia and Asia Dassault Aviation is no stranger to Australia. The French manufacturer of the Mirage and Rafale fighter jets and the Falcon series of business jets has long had a significant presence in Australia. The Dassault name is most closely associated in Australia with the 116 Mirage III

Qantas looks to Asia for its A380 Qantas’s fleet of 12 Airbus A380s are expected to have a bigger focus on Asia in the years ahead as Boeing 787-9s take over some ultra long haul routes and slot-constrained airports put a premium on upgauging existing services to cater for the expected growth in passenger numbers.

The Helicopter Aircrew Training System is on track for its first pilot and aircrewman courses from next January The new Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) is nearing take-off, with Australian Defence Force (ADF) students due to enter the Joint Helicopter School in January next year. A fleet of 15 Airbus Helicopters EC135 T2+ helicopters has

Two new types appear in the New Allocations listing this issue, a Javron PA-18 Super Cub and an amateur-built hot air balloon. Philip Jones’ Javron Aviation Supercub is an improved take on Piper’s PA-18 Super Cub. Javron Precision Machining, of Brainerd, Minnesota began as a machining, fabrication and welding specialist but found it was increasingly