Category: Defence

Boeing and the Defence Materiel Organisation have agreed to extend the Office of Australian Industry Capability (OAIC) for a further two years. The OAIC has been active in identifying capability within Australian small and medium enterprises which may be utilised by Boeing’s global supply chain. Boeing says that to date the OAIC has helped to

The RAAF has temporarily suspended flying its 33 BAE Systems Hawk lead-in fighters after a 79SQN aircraft experienced an as yet undisclosed technical problem on Monday. According to a Department of Defence media statement issued on October 13, a “Hawk aircraft at RAAF Base Pearce experienced a technical fault while taxiing before takeoff on Monday 11

Airbus Military has completed its third RAAF KC-30A (A330 MRTT) tanker transport conversion, the second to be undertaken in Brisbane by Qantas Defence Services (QDS), with the aircraft recently completing its post conversion test flight. After completing its four hour ‘production flight’ test flight, during which it reached an altitude of 41,000ft and various handling

The Israeli Ministry of Defence has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the procurement of the F-35A JSF, making it the first nation for formally order the aircraft through the US FMS process. “We’re very pleased with the Government of Israel’s decision to move forward with the US government’s Letter of Offer and