iscoverThe US State department has approved the sale of 24 Beechcraft AT-6C Texan II light attack aircraft to Iraq. The sale, valued at US$790m (A$841m) includes the aircraft as well as a package of two spare P&WC PT-6A-68 engines, ALE-47 Counter-Measure Dispensing Systems, AAR-47 Missile Launch Detection Systems, spare and repair parts, maintenance and support
Australia is expected to spend $90 million on the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is forecast to spend $60 million on the search for the Boeing 777-200 aircraft over this year and next, the federal budget papers handed down on Tuesday night show. This content is available
Lockheed Martin has hailed progress on the F-35 Lightning II System Development and Demonstration (SDD) program, with the 282 flight hours spanning 153 flights accumulated in April representing a monthly SDD record. “The SDD fleet achieving more than 150 flights in one month speaks to the quality of this aircraft and the commitment of this
The F/A-18Fs of the RAAF’s 82WG based at Amberley have been conducting trial flights with Boeing AGM-84J Harpoon anti-surface warfare (ASuW) missiles in recent weeks. The trials are part of the development of systems, procedures and training to employ the Harpoon with a full operational clearance, and are based on those used by the US
The USMC has made the first operational deployment of its new Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned system. The deployment is being made by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 2 which is based at MCAS Cherry Point in North Carolina to the Middle East area of operations for ISR ground support missions. This content is available exclusively
The Sikorsky S-92 has been named as the US Navy’s Presidential Helicopters Replacement Program (VXX) winner. Sikorsky was the sole bidder for the program, and has been awarded a US$1.24bn (A$1.32bn) engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract to deliver two VH-92 development aircraft in 2018, and four operational evaluation aircraft. This content is available exclusively
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