iscoverNorthrop Grumman’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator has completed its first arrested landing on an aircraft carrier, landing aboard the USS George H W Bush, which was under way off the coast of Virginia, on July 10. After the X-47B took off from NAS Patuxent River, the X-47B was controlled by a mission
A US Air Force major has become the 100th pilot to fly the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Maj Robert Miller, assigned to the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, undertook the 90-minute familiarisation flight after academic and simulator instruction on the F-35 at Eglin Air Force Base’s Integrated Training
The Royal Australian Navy and Army have inducted the MRH 90 Taipan multi-role at a commissioning ceremony at HMAS Albatross near Nowra, NSW. The ceremony also marked the formal induction of 808 Squadron to operate the new aircraft. The milestone represents the culmination of three years’ of training, testing, development and trials to bring the
Process reforms carried out on the maintenance of the RAAF’s 12 C-130J transport aircraft have delivered the equivalent of an extra aircraft being available for missions, Head of the Defence Materiel Organisation’s (DMO) Aerospace Systems Division, Air-Vice Marshal Colin Thorne has said. “Defence has increased C-130J availability by eight per cent, which for a fleet
BAE Systems has been awarded new contracts to remain the in-service support provider for the RAAF’s Hawk 127 Lead-In Fighter fleet and to upgrade the aircraft. The five-year through-life support contract, with potential extensions out to 2026, will deliver deeper maintenance, engineering, full logistics and training systems support for 33 Hawk fighters at RAAF Williamtown and
Exercise Talisman Saber will be played out off the coast of North Queensland from July 15, bringing with it the entire complement of the US Navy 7th Carrier Group Five. Central to the deployment will be the USS George Washington, with which Australian forces will exercise. The Townsville Bulletin reported 15 American and 11 Australian
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