Category: RAAF

Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) has been granted accreditation by the Commonwealth as an Authorised Engineering Organisation (AEO) for the RAAF’s F/A-18F Super Hornet fleet. The accreditation authorises BDA to provide engineering support to the RAAF’s 24 F/A-18Fs through a combination of local and US based engineering services and capabilities. This content is available exclusively to

Airbus Military has been granted a civil supplemental type certificate (STC) from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft. This certification covers the comprehensive military specific modifications made to the A330 aircraft, and is the first civil certification ever extended by EASA to a tanker transport aircraft

A General Electric F414-GE-400 engine for the RAAF’s Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets was tested in a new engine test cell at RAAF Amberley for the first time on March 8. The ‘un-installed engine test cell’ is managed by Tasman Aviation Enterprises. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred

The US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) spent most of Thursday (Washington time) grilling Pentagon officials on the faltering JSF program as it hurtles towards a probable Nunn-McCurdy cost breach in April, which will likely result in all expenditure being frozen while the program is substantially restructured. Of key interest to SASC members was the