Category: Defence

The DMO has released tender solicitation documents to the US Navy and to Australian Aerospace for the supply of up to 24 naval combat helicopters to replace the RAN’s Seahawks and foregone Seasprite capability under Air 9000 Phase 8. The tender release follows first pass approval of the project in February, and the government’s subsequent

The Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) was launched on its maiden flight into orbit on April 22 inside a 5.5m wide fairing atop an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The unmanned X-37B, which resembles a miniature Space Shuttle, was launched into a low-earth orbit for a mission of unspecified duration to

Federal opposition leader Tony Abbott has said a Coalition government would buy three Northrop Grumman Global Hawk UAVs to bolster the nation’s border security if it wins government in this year’s federal election. Speaking on April 23, Abbott made the announcement as part of a broader foreign policy and defence statement. “I can announce today,

BAE Systems Australia has opened a new engineering hub in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond which will see the company’s aerospace, autonomous systems and guided weapons research brought under the one roof. The facility was opened by the federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, along with Victoria’s Minister of Industry