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The Royal Australian Navy has taken ceremonial delivery of its first two MH-60R ‘Romeo’ Seahawk helicopters in a ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s Owego, New York facility on Tuesday. The first two of 24 MH-60 Romeos being acquired under AIR 9000 Phase 8 to replace the S-70B Seahawk and the cancelled SH-2G Seasprite capability were handed

European aerospace and defence firm EADS has announced a restructuring plan for its future Airbus Defence and Space division (Airbus DS) that will see 5,800 jobs cut through to the end of 2016. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please

To celebrate the centenary of military aviation in Australia, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Darren Chester and Deputy Chief of Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Leo Davies have launched the Centenary of Military Aviation Airshow to be held at Point Cook, RAAF Williams, near Melbourne on March 1. “The first of March 2014 will be

South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill has officially opened BAE Systems Australia’s new $10m titanium machining facility at Edinburgh Parks, South Australia, which the company will use in the fabrication of F-35 vertical tail components. The new facilities feature a Starrag BTP5000 titanium milling machine, which BAE says is the only example of its type in the