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Kangaroo 95 — Orange Incursions Repelled Kangaroo 95, Australia’s largest ever military exercise has been fought and won, with the ADF’s capabilities tested in a range of scenarios across Australia’s top end. The triennial Kangaroo exercise is the ADF’s primary multi service and multinational exercise, and this year’s was the largest ever involving 17,000 ADF

Embraer Emb-145 August saw another step forward in the history of Brazil’s Embraer with the successful first flight and official rollout of the 50 seat EMB-145 regional twinjet. Initial planning for the -145 began in the late eighties when Canadair announced a stretched development of its 601 series Challenger aimed squarely at the commuter and

Qantas Reports Healthy 94/95 Result In a result that has boosted market confidence, Qantas has posted a net profit of $180.1m for 1994/95, an increase of 15.5% on the previous year’s $155.9m, reports Julian Green. On announcing the results, Qantas Chairman Gary Pemberton, said that “The results show that we are on track with the

People Nazarian as its new Chief Financial Officer. Qantas has nominated Sydney businessman Sean Wareing as its third independent director on the board of Air New Zealand. David Gray is Rockwell Australia’s new Managing Director. Vanessa Fanning has resigned as the Department of Transport’s aviation division head to take an appointment with TNT. E-Systems Australia’s

Lockheed Delivers Best Offer for C-130j The RAAF plans to acquire 12 C-130J-30 Hercules to replace 37 Squadron’s 30 year old C-130Es, although at the RAAF’s request the Lockheed Martin proposal also includes incentives for the RAAF to order up to 36 J model Hercules. It is likely that additional Js will be ordered to

New F/A-18 Hornet Variant McDonnell Douglas and Northrop Grumman have agreed to jointly develop an electronic warfare derivative of the two-seat F/A-18F Hornet. Called the F/A-18 C2W (Command and Control Warfare) Variant, the new Hornet is being developed as a private venture with a view to eventually replacing the Grumman EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft