Category: Defence

The Commonwealth has called for tenders for the destruction of the RAAF’s retired F-111Gs which are currently in open storage at Amberley. The tender specifies the destruction of 13 F-111G airframes and 70 TF30 engines. It is understood the G models must be destroyed under US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITARS) rules rather than

Federal cabinet’s National Security Committee has approved the upgrade of the RAAF’s fleet of 12 C-130J Hercules transports in service with 37SQN at Richmond, but a statement from Defence Minister Senator John Faulkner makes no mention of plans to acquire a further two of the aircraft. The $45 million upgrade will see the aircraft receive

Defence Minister John Faulkner has announced that the government has given second pass approval for the acquisition of seven CH-47F Chinooks for the Australian Army. The acquisition of additional Chinooks to initially complement and then replace the Army’s six existing CH-47Ds, which have been substantially upgraded in recent years to a standard not dissimiliar to the

The USAF has proposed buying 112 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks and converting them to an HH-60L configuration for Combat Search And Rescue (CSAR) work to replace the service’s ageing fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawks. The decision comes in the wake of the abandonment of the CSAR-X program earlier this year and an urgent requirement to