Category: Defence

Egypt has formally requested the purchase of 24 F-16C/D Block 50/52s and associated spares and weapons to the value of US$3.2bn (A$3.5bn). The FMS deal would include six spare GE or P&W engines, radars, EW systems, reconnaissance pods, targeting pods and conformal fuel tanks. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become

Australian cabling company Cablex and Australian Aerospace have signed a contract for Cablex to provide skilled labour to Australian Aerospace’s MRH 90 helicopter production facility at Brisbane Airport. The agreement will see at least nine Cablex AMEs installing electrical harnesses on Australian Army and Navy MRH 90s alongside their Australian Aerospace colleagues. This content is

Boeing’s A160 Hummingbird vertical takeoff UAV has successfully demonstrated a series of flights with a foliage penetrating radar called FORESTER. The radar flew for 53 hours aboard the A160 and demonstrated its ability to see through foliage that may be masking troops or vehicles as part of a DARPA sponsored development program for the US

The US Navy says it wants to operate all of its aircraft carrier based combat aircraft on biofuels by 2016, according to a report in US blog ‘DOD Buzz’. The plan, called the ‘Great Green Fleet’, would see all the carriers powered by nuclear energy and ships systems by biofuel generators, and all aircraft operating