iscoverThat the troubled JSF program has been re-certified after its April Nunn-McCurdy breach is no surprise, especially after many of the issues which saw it breach the threshold were substantially addressed by US SECDEF Gates back in February. It’s interesting though to observe the disparity between the program cost estimates of the various ‘independent’ bodies reporting
Victorian Premier John Brumby has announced that the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition will remain at Avalon Airport until at least 2015 after a new agreement was reached with the airport’s operator. “This agreement with Avalon Airport Australia means that we can continue to grow and improve our event with the knowledge
Much has been said in recent years about defence projects that have stalled or have been cancelled, many due to capability creep or bureaucratic mismanagement. Seasprite and JP129 instantly spring to mind. The Wedgetail project has also received its share of criticism, but not all of it is justified. This content is available exclusively to
As expected, the F-35 JSF program has been re-certified by the Pentagon as being vital for national security and as having no viable alternative in the wake of the program incurring a Nunn-McCurdy cost breach. The Nunn-McCurdy wire is automatically tripped when a program’s projected costs exceed its original estimate by 50 per cent, and means
The USAF has appointed Colonel Dawn Dunlop to head up the 412th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, the first such appointment for a female officer. Col Dunlop is a former T-38 instructor, F-15E operational pilot, and F-15 and F-22 test pilot, and was operations officer for the F-22 Combined Test Force at Edwards. This content
The first two RAAF C-17 pilots to be converted to the aircraft in Australia have successfully completed their Pilot Initial Qualification (PIQ) conversion course at RAAF Amberley. The 36SQN pilots, FLTLT David Whyte and PLTOFF Stephen Maunder, completed their course in early May which included time in the RAAF’s new full flight simulator which was
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