Category: Army Aviation

Defence has grounded the Australian Army’s Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter fleet, following a fatal crash involving a German Tiger in Mali. As of August 14, Defence decided to cease flying operations “until further information becomes available”, a spokesperson for Defence told Australian Aviation. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a

Unmanned aircraft systems company Insitu has notched up one million operational flight hours – 114 years – by its ScanEagle, Blackjack and Integrator platforms. Insitu chief executive Ryan Hartman said the first operational mission, which started the clock, was for the US Marine Corps, and so too was the one millionth flight hour. This content

Airbus Group Australia Pacific has placed 35 additional maintenance personnel in Townsville to support the Army’s operation of the MRH 90 trooplift helicopter. “Availability is the challenge for MRH 90 and we at our expense have placed 35 additional people into Townsville at the start of this year to improve the availability,” Airbus Group Australia Pacific managing

The AeroVironment Wasp AE has been chosen as the preferred option for the first tranche of the acquisition of a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) capability for the Australian Defence Force. The man-packable Wasp AE micro air vehicle will be acquired through XTEK, and will be modified with Australian content by companies such as Sentient