iscoverThe down select of the successful candidate to provide an Interim Basic Flight Training (IBFT) solution to the ADF is believed to be imminent. The tender, being managed by the Air Force Training Group, was called last year to provide an interim flight screening and training capability for a minimum of six years while the
Britian’s new coalition government has suspended February’s selection of Team Soteria as preferred bidder to deliver search and rescue helicopter (SAR-H) services to the Ministry of Defence and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency while it reviews the £4.6bn (A$7.8bn) program. The coalition is looking at the spending decisions made by the previous Labour administration in three
The Lockheed Martin F-35B development aircraft BF-04 has successfully demonstrated its Northrop Grumman AN/APG-81 AESA radar in recent testing. “During the F-35 flight, the Northrop Grumman APG-81 radar met and exceeded performance expectations, tracking long range targets at all aspect angles with excellent stability,” said Jeff Leavitt, vice president of combat avionics at Northrop Grumman’s
BAE Systems Australia has won a new contract to produce Nulka naval missile decoys for the Australian, US and Canadian navies, its 12th contract for the decoy. The new agreement will see Nulka production extended through to at least 2013, earning the company more than $800 million since production started and making Nulka Australia’s most
Thales Australia and Norwegian firm Nammo signed a Letter of Intent at the Eurosatory exhibition last week to cooperate on developing aircraft ammunition. The agreement will see the two companies develop the cannon round for the F-35 JSF, one that will be “capable of meeting all requirements and ensuring lethality against both soft and hard
A USAF B-1B Lancer bomber made its first test flight with a Link 16 Fully Integrated Data Link (FIDL) installed on June 4 from Edwards AFB. The FIDL was tested during the four hour flight by sending and receiving text messages and receiving virtual mission assignment data such as target coordinates for a weapon. This
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