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The aircraft has flown to India for a combined India-Australia maritime surveillance exercise in the Indian Ocean, aiming to strengthen operational maritime domain awareness, enhance anti-submarine warfare manoeuvring, and improve interoperability.
Following news revealed over the weekend that a RAAF Poseidon patrol aircraft was briefly intercepted by a Chinese fighter plane last month, Australian Aviation takes a deep dive into the J-16 fighter jet.
The incident took place over the South China Sea and saw the fighter jet accelerate so close to the Australian aircraft that a “bundle of chaff” was ingested into its engine.
Exercise Toxic Safari 22 was held at Base Amberley and the training included teaching participants how to remove contaminated equipment.
XTEK CEO Scott Basham was speaking in Australian Aviation’s new digital In-Focus edition, as part of our feature examining whether miniature drones are the next generation of defence aircraft.
Doug Graham, one of the business’ vice presidents, said the company has made “pretty rapid progress” despite “episodic” investment from governments.
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