Quickstep Holdings says it is on track to deliver the first shipset of carbon fibre composite parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter vertical tails by the end of 2015. The Bankstown Airport-based manufacturer says it continues to make progress on the qualification process for production of the F-35 vertical tail components. This content is
Airbus Helicopters has achieved factory acceptance of HATS01, the first of 15 EC135 T2+ helicopters destined for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) that will be based at HMAS Albatross. Prime contractor Boeing Defence Australia joined representatives of the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army for the factory acceptance ceremony
Components for the first Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft for the RAAF are already in production ahead of the aircraft’s first flight in mid-2016, Boeing says. The fuselage for the first RAAF P-8A, dubbed ‘Aussie 01’, should arrive at Boeing’s Renton factory to begin final assembly by early 2016, James Detwiler, Boeing Military Aircraft’s director
An F-35A Lightning II took to the skies on July 17 marking the first flight by an aircraft with two vertical tails manufactured by Australian company Marand. Lockheed Martin stated that chief test pilot Alan Norman flew the sortie, which lasted 84 minutes, in the aircraft known as AF-73. This content is available exclusively to
Lockheed Martin has emerged as the successful bidder for Sikorsky in a US$9.0 billion deal that will see the world’s biggest military helicopter manufacturer join the fold of the world’s biggest defence contractor. “Sikorsky is a natural fit for Lockheed Martin and complements our broad portfolio of world-class aerospace and defence products and technologies,” Marillyn Hewson,
The Department of the Environment has approved the final environmental impact statement for F-35 flying operations from RAAF bases Williamtown and Tindal and over the Salt Ash air weapons range. The EIS approval, published on July 10, is subject to the RAAF meeting 15 conditions, “to minimise impacts to listed threatned species and communities…, wetlands of