iscoverChief of Defence Force, ACM Angus Houston has announced he will take an unspecified “short period of leave” for medical treatment, and that Vice Chief of Defence Force, LTGEN David Hurley will be acting in the CDF position until he returns to work. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation
The US Navy delivered its formal bid for the supply of 24 Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin MH-60R helicopters to Australia on July 23 for the Air 9000 Phase 8 future naval helicopter requirement. The MH-60R ‘Romeo’ is competing against Eurocopter’s NH 90 NFH to fulfil the requirement to replace the RAN’s 16 S-70B Seahawks and the gap
Pratt & Whitney has signed a purchase order with Melbourne based Production Parts to manufacture F135 high compressor cases for the JSF program. The agreement, signed on July 19 at the Farnborough Airshow, has a potential value of A$128 million over the production life of the JSF program. This content is available exclusively to Australian
Raytheon and the US Navy have successfully conducted a series of captive carry tests of the AGM-154 JSOW C-1. The C-1 adds a moving maritime target capability and two-way Strike Common Weapon Datalink (SCWDL) to the standard JSOW GPS guided glide weapon, and the three captive flights demonstrated the C-1’s ability to detect moving maritime
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first operational software package for the JSF’s AN/AAQ-37 Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (EO-DAS) system. “EO-DAS is the first capability of its kind, providing pilots with unprecedented full, 360-degree, situational awareness around an aircraft,” said Mark Rossi, Northrop Grumman’s program development director for the JSF radar and EO-DAS. “This software delivery
Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force have announced at the Farnborough Airshow plans by Brazil to purchase 28 Embraer KC-390 tanker transports. The KC-390 is a twin engined high wing design designed to replace the C-130 Hercules in service, and will fulfil a secondary role as an air-to-air refueller. This content is available exclusively to
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