The Australian Helicopter Industry Association (AHIA) is calling on the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) to temporarily put on hold its regulation reform process following the August 25 resignation of the regulator’s Director of Aviation Safety (DAS), Mark Skidmore. “With the current confusion in industry and inconsistency of interpretation of regulations, the AHIA encourages CASA’s board
The Department of Defence has accepted an Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report recommendation that it assesses whether upgrading the Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) fleet provides value for money when the aircraft is slated for replacement mid next decade. The latest ANAO report into the Tiger program, released on Thursday, found that the helicopter continues to suffer
Convenor of the Australian Helicopter Industry Association (AHIA) and industry stalwart Rob Rich has resigned from his role and executive position on the association’s board for a well-earned retirement, which became effective on June 30. “Rob’s passion and enthusiasm for the helicopter industry has not wavered in the almost 50 years I have known him,”
A United States Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion has landed aboard HMAS Canberra for the first time, becoming the largest helicopter type to land abroad an Australian LHD amphibious assault ship. The heavy lift helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 landed on HMAS Canberra’s flightdeck on July 17 as the ship was off the coast of Hawaii
A United States Marine Corps (USMC) MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor has conducted six deck landings on board HMAS Canberra on while the ship was taking part in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016 off the north-east coast of Hawaii. The landings on July 12, conducted as part of a US Navy and USMC aviation integration
A $2.5 million incentive payment from the South Australian government has enticed engineering support services company Babcock International Group to move its Australasian headquarters to Adelaide. Babcock Australasia chief executive Craig Lockhart said the new headquarters in Adelaide’s central business district and would bring together the different parts of the business and was a key