Category: Defence

Boeing has announced plans to develop a medium-sized maritime surveillance aircraft based on its larger reconnaissance aircraft such as the P-8 Poseidon. Boeing offered limited details on its plan, which it unveiled at the Farnborough Airshow, but said the new aircraft would leverage technologies developed for the P-8 and other aircraft and would be based

Lockheed Martin has delivered four F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to the US Air Force and Marine Corps, bringing to nine the total of F-35s delivered so far this year. The aircraft, delivered since June 29, were the first jets manufactured as part of Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 3. They will begin ferrying to

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare yesterday announced the signing of a $124.8 million contract for maintenance and engineering support for the ADF’s Black Hawk and Seahawk fleet of helicopters. The four year contract with Sikorsky Helitech covers the provision of maintenance and engineering services in support of the

BAE Systems UK has been awarded a $25 million contract to upgrade the RAAF’s Hawk Lead-in Fighter program. Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare said upgrading the country’s fast jet training system would ensure its effectiveness into the next decade. The Hawk is used to train ADF pilots before they move on to the F/A-18