Category: Defence

Australia has sold “at a discounted rate” an additional five ex-RAAF C‑130H aircraft and associated equipment to Indonesia. “The sale of a further five C-130H transport aircraft will further enhance Indonesia’s capacity to respond to natural disasters and humanitarian crisis,” Minister for Defence Stephen Smith said. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

The Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) and Raytheon Australia have signed a new five-year, $72 million remediated follow-on support contract for the ongoing maintenance and repair of the Australian Defence Air Traffic System (ADATS). Head of the DMO’s Electronic Systems Division Michael Aylward said the new contract will realise an estimated $14 million in savings. This content

The Bell 429s operated under Navy’s Retention and Motivation Initiative 2 (RMI 2) program have been upgraded with a 225kg increased max takeoff weight (to 3,405kg), bringing with it an increase in the helicopter’s payload-range. “With this upgrade, one aircraft can now execute substantially more tasks in a single mission,” RMI contractor Raytheon said in

Quickstep has delivered its 100th manufactured carbon-fibre composite part under its F-35 contract with Northrop Grumman. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed in on this device. If you check