Assistant Minister for Defence Matt Thistlethwaite has officially launched an Australian-made counter-drone, the “Slinger” 30mm cannon.
With the government continuing to emphasise long-range strikes, why, then, has Air Force missed out on a quantum leap in capability? The B-21 Raider.
Airbus Australia Pacific has offered each of the C-130 Hercules maintenance workers a pair of work pants per year to entice them to accept a 2.5 per cent per year wage rise for three years.
The flight on board an Air Force C-130J Hercules, ASY563 (similar aircraft pictured) landed in Cyprus at around 4:20am AEST having departed Port Sudan at around 12:45am AEST, amid what Foreign Minister Penny Wong told ABC’s AM was a “difficult security situation” in Sudan.
It’s hoped the innovation – also created by the Belgium-headquartered ILIAS Solutions – will provide maintainers with access to past, present and future information on the fleet’s readiness.
RAAF KC-30A multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft were able to use an advanced refuelling boom to connect with the F-15s in flight during day and night over Japan between 29 March and 26 April.