Robert Dougherty

The approved acquisition includes a fourth Triton and anti-submarine warfare, maritime strike and intelligence collection enhancements for Australia’s fleet of 14 Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft with an estimated combined value over $1.5 billion.

The apprentices, who have graduated from Aviation Australia’s (AA) 80-day Certificate II in Aircraft Line Maintenance, will join BDA’s F/A-18F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler maintenance program at RAAF Base Amberley.

Materials made in the furnace will be used by companies such as Hypersonix Launch Systems, which has previously said it wants to one day take humans to space “like you fly with Qantas”.

The KC-30A multi-role tanker transport refuelled seven F-16 Fighting Falcons during 60 flying sorties within Indonesian airspace from 6 to 12 August.

Under the US-led exercise, the civil engineering team from the RAAF is working with partners from the United States, the Mongolian Armed Forces, and civilian agencies to restore a local hospital.

The aerospace prime said winning the ‘AIR6500 Phase 1’ deal would generate 230 jobs in South Australia, Brisbane, Canberra and the NSW Hunter region.