Category: Defence

The first four Royal Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35B Lighting IIs arrived at their new home base at RAF Marham in Norfolk on June 6. The four aircraft of 617 Squadron, known as the ‘Dambusters’, ferried across the Atlantic Ocean from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort in North Carolina where they have been based

The US Navy has announced the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton has entered service, with a detachment of Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP)-19 in a newly refurbished hangar facility at NAS Point Mugu in California. The May 31 announcement signifies an early operational capability (EOC) for the Triton, a marinised version of the RQ-4B Global Hawk. The

The Australian Army has begun rolling out the PD-100 Black Hornet Nano unmanned aerial system to its units following a successful trial program. “UAS are a game-changer for the Army, providing enhanced situational awareness for better mission execution for Australian soldiers,” said BRIG Susan Coyle, Commander 6th Brigade and the Army’s only UAS unit, the

An RAAF KC-30A MRTT has returned from a six week detachment to NAS Patuxent River in Maryland where it conducted a series of air-to-air refuelling trials with US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidons. From February 27 to Aril 14, the KC-30 along with members of 33SQN and the Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU) undertook the clearance