The group, led by group captain Tim Sloane, won the Grand Master’s Australian Medal, which was granted by The Honourable Company of Air Pilots.
Last year Carbonix raised $6.3 million in late seed funding to expand its services into North America – with Quickstep a $1 million investor.
The prime said it’s calling for potential suppliers with “homegrown talent and expertise” to expand its existing footprint of 200 personnel working on Sikorsky helicopters.
Operation Sea Guardian 22 aims to deter terrorism and enhance capacity-building in the region. The aircraft will be based in Italy, operating in the western and central Mediterranean until mid-October 2022.
The newly-acquired company currently owns and operates a fleet of special mission 30 & 60 series Learjet and Kingairs, providing support services to Defence.
Air Marshal Robert Chipman and US Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Charles Q. Brown Jr’s declaration came months after the US sent five of its $2 billion B-2 stealth bombers to train with RAAF F-35s.