Category: Defence

Curtiss-Wright awarded JSF AAM trapeze contract
Defence

Curtiss-Wright Controls has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to provide structural components and related hardware for the F-35 JSF’s air-to-air missile Trapeze launch system. The Trapeze system, being developed for the F-35’s system development and demonstration (SDD) phase, will provide the ability to launch AAMs from a rail carried on a trapeze that

Team Romeo proposes Black Hawk/Seahawk refurbishment
Defence

The Team Romeo group of companies bidding for the RAN’s Air 9000 Phase 8 Naval helicopter program, comprising Lockheed Martin, Sikorsky, Raytheon, GE and CAE, has proposed to refurbish the ADF’s outgoing fleet of 50 S-70A Black Hawks and S-70B Seahawks for sale to a third party as part of its bid. Speaking to media

Coaxial contenders for US Army armed aerial scout
Defence

Several new designs and concepts for the US Army’s Armed Aerial Scout (AAS)  were revealed during the Army Aviation Association of America’s (AAAA) annual convention in Fort Worth, Texas, between April 14-17. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login.

New look for AF-1
Defence

JSF test aircraft F-35A AF-1, the first “optimised” A model F-35, has emerged from Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Final Finishes Facility at Fort Worth sporting its robot applied paint coatings and new hand painted fin flashes on its vertical tails. AF-1 had flown twice late last year before undergoing a period of ground testing, but is

PC-9 loses landing gear doors
Defence

Two landing gear doors fell off a RAAF PC-9/A operating a training flight near RAAF Base East Sale on April 14. “The aircraft was operating in the East Sale Military Training Area, approximately 12km southwest of Heyfield at the time of the incident, and then recovered safely to RAAF Base East Sale,” says a Department

Super Hornet work for Production Parts
Defence

Boeing has awarded Melbourne based Production Parts a contract to supply rudder pedal kits for F/A-18E/F Super Hornets production. The one-year contract gives Production Parts options on future contracts Boeing may receive from the US Navy and international customers for the Super Hornet. The aircraft is currently in contention for sales to Denmark, Brazil, Greece

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