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Babcock Australia has promised its bid for the Army’s LAND 2097 Phase 4 program will see 95 per cent of the helicopters’ repair and maintenance work undertaken in Australia.
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Boeing has put forward its AH-64E Apache in response to the Australian government's Project LAND 4503 helicopter replacement request for information.
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Airbus Helicopters has proposed a mid-life upgrade of the Australian Army’s current Tiger ARH fleet in response to the Commonwealth's request for information (RFI) to the Project LAND 4503 armed reconnaissance helicopter replacement program.
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The Australian Defence Force has grounded its fleet of 47 Airbus MRH 90 helicopters after a recent precautionary landing caused by a tail rotor vibration.
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The Department of Defence has issued a request for information (RFI) for the replacement of the Australian Army’s Airbus EC665 Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter (ARH).
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This story by Andrew McLaughlin from the June 2019 edition of Australian Aviation analyses the Tiger, the Army's Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter.