iscoverFollowing on from our story of January 13, Defence has confirmed that a Boeing Defence Australia led team has been selected as the preferred tenderer for the ADF’s AIR 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) project. In a written statement to Australian Aviation’s sister publication, DIAR by ADBR, a Defence spokesman said “This
Sikorsky says it successfully test flew its first upgraded S-61T helicopter in “late 2013.” The S-61T is a substantially modernised version of the S-61/H-3/Sea King line featuring a complete structural refurbishment with enhanced crashworthiness, an integrated glass cockpit, a modular wiring harness, overhauled dynamic components, and a new composite main rotor. This content is available
The outgoing chairman and CEO of EADS North America Sean O’Keefe has urged the USAF to consider the UH-72A Lakota helicopter to replace ageing UH-1N Huey helicopters for the nuclear missile site protection mission. In a letter to Acting Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning dated September 11, O’Keefe argued that the USAF’s current plan to
The famous NASA Dryden Center at Edwards AFB in California is to be re-named in honour of Neil Armstrong, the naval test pilot who was the first human to walk on the moon. US President Barack Obama has signed the congressional resolution required to redesignate NASA’s Hugh L Dryden Flight Research Center as the Neil
Australian companies Lovitt Technologies and Marand Precision Engineering have won work on Boeing’s F-15 Eagle program. Under the auspices of the Defence Material Organisation’s Global Supply Chain program, Boeing’s Office of Australian Industry Capability has been able to secure work for Lovitt to produce F-15 trailing edge fairings and for Marand to supply fuel tank
The RAAF has completed its last airlift flight in support of United Nations relief efforts in South Sudan. A January 12 C-130J flight was the last of the RAAF’s eight C-17 and two C-130J flights that delivered approximately 200 tonnes of equipment to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan since January 3. This content
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