Category: Naval Aviation

The ‘Team 21’ grouping of Lockheed Martin Australia, Pilatus and Hawker Pacific submitted its bid for the ADF’s AIR 5428 pilot training system on March 31. The bid, based around the Pilatus PC-21 advanced trainer, is similar to that which the same partners manage the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s Basic Wings Course (BWC) program

Three former RAN Sea King helicopter airframes have left storage at HMAS Albatross near Nowra for the last time. The machines, covered in spraylat environmental wrapping were carried through Nowra on the back of flat-bed trucks on their way to port Kembla for loading onto a ship for transport to the UK. There they will

Northrop Grumman says it has completed the first stage of flight testing of the US Navy’s new MQ-4C Triton maritime surveillance system. The first stage involved envelope expansion and validating work, and was conducted out of Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale facility in California. A second aircraft is due to fly soon, and both aircraft will soon

NUSHIP Canberra, the first Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) ship being built for the RAN,  entered Sydney Harbour for the first time on March 13 following testing at sea. While in Sydney the LHD will be dry-docked at Garden Island to have its hull cleaned before a final application of paint. Its deck will also be