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Australia spends around $1 billion a year surveying powerlines by helicopter, a job that could be done for a faction of that price by new autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) able to top up their batteries from the powerlines themselves. Engineering students from Melbourne University, backed by Lockheed Martin’s new STELaRLab advanced research centre, have
BAE Systems Australia is to operate a regional warehouse for the F-35 Lightning II serving the Asia Pacific from RAAF Base Williamtown. The assignment of the role by the US government is estimated to be worth more than $300 million to Australian industry over the life of the program, Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne announced on
Defence’s participation in the Airservices Australia-led OneSky program to acquire a joint civil and military air traffic management system has been placed onto the government’s Projects of Concern list. As a consequence, the project, which aims to replace the currently separate civil and Defence air traffic management systems under a single program, and is known to Defence
Innovative technologies for protecting Australian Defence Force (ADF) aircraft against missile threats will be studied under a new research agreement announced by Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne. The five-year partnership agreement with Chemring Australia, which was signed in Adelaide on Thursday, could lead to significantly improved aircraft countermeasures, Minister Pyne announced. This content is
Defence has grounded the Australian Army’s Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter fleet, following a fatal crash involving a German Tiger in Mali. As of August 14, Defence decided to cease flying operations “until further information becomes available”, a spokesperson for Defence told Australian Aviation. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a
Australia has been assigned regional warehousing capability for the F-35 Lightning II in the Pacific by the US Department of Defense. Meanwhile, the European warehousing capability has been assigned to the Netherlands. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login.
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