Former Chief of Air Force, and later Chief of Defence Force, retired Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston, will lead the largest review of the Australian military in over three decades.
It comes weeks after Rex announced it would scoop up Cobham’s FIFO operation for $48 million and expand its services further into Queensland and the Northern Territory.
It comes after the US Air Force ground its F-35s after discovering the problem in April, with the US Navy and Marine Corps shortly following suit.
The contract involves upgrading and extending air combat training support at Base Amberley in Queensland through the provision of ground simulator training support.
Over 2,200 personnel from the Australian Defence Force and US Armed Forces engaged in the three-week-long combined arms littoral combat scenario.
Army and Air Force personnel have together tested their multi-domain mobility skills to improve readiness for a warfighting scenario.