iscoverFormer Vice Chief of Defence Force, AIRMSHL Mark Binskin, has been promoted to Air Chief Marshal and sworn in as the nation’s new Chief of Defence Force in a ceremony in Canberra on June 30. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of
Three companies are expected to bid for the Republic of Korea Air Force’s requirement for four air-to-air refuelling tanker aircraft. Boeing has formally offered its KC-46A Pegasus, while Airbus Defence & Space has already announced its intention to pitch its A330 MRTT. A third bid is expected to come from Israeli Aircraft Industries (IAI) offering
The Australian government has granted first pass approval of Project SEA 1352 Phase 1 to upgrade the Navy’s stocks of Enhanced Sea-Sparrow (ESSM) missiles. The upgrade will involve the adoption of the Block 2 version of the missile which provides greater guidance accuracy of the missiles against anti-ship missiles and other airborne targets. The new
Sikorsky Aircraft has been awarded a US$1.28 billion engineering and manufacturing development contract to develop a variant of its UH-60M Black Hawk for the US Air Force’s Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) requirement. An initial four Combat Rescue Helicopters will be acquired under the EMD contract, which will see the development and integration of the new helicopter’s rescue
Defence has released this terrific image by FLTLT Michael Head showing a RAAF 33SQN KC-30A tanker refuelling two 3SQN F/A-18A Hornets, with a further four Hornets off each wingtip, during Exercise Arnhem Thunder 2014 last month. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has released a damning report into the acquisition and service introduction of the NHI/Australian Aerospace MRH90 helicopter which was acquired under Project AIR 9000 Phases 2, 4 & 6. The acquisition of the MRH90 for all three phases of the project – to acquire an additional squadron of helicopters
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