iscoverRaytheon Australia will provide three Bell 429 helicopters to “maintain and develop the skills” of junior RAN aircrew under a new, four year Retention and Motivation Initiative (RMI) contract from 2012. Raytheon will support and maintain the Bell 429s under the four year, $26 million contract. They will fly approximately 1500 hours per year in
The Royal Australian Navy’s new multi-phased array radar system has been granted initial operating use (IOU), after a successful trial aboard Anzac class frigate HMAS Perth. The trial, which was conducted off the Australian coastline and the US Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii, tested the radar’s anti-ship missile defence capabilities enabling it to
The Department of Defence has released a Request for Tender (RFT) for the sale of the RAN’s remaining Sea King helicopters, as the type is retired in December. For sale are five complete helicopters, three additional airframes, a simulator, and associated equipment and parts. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To
The Navy’s second LPA amphibious ship, the HMAS Kanimbla, is to be decommissioned, Defence Materiel Minister Jason Clare has announced, following the early decommissioing of sistership HMAS Manoora in May. According to Clare, an assessment into Kanimbla’s materiel state and a cost and risk assessment deemed that, “the most cost effective and lowest risk option
AgustaWestland, CAE and BAE Systems demonstrated the AW109 GrandNew helicopter, their platform contender for the Air 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) program, to ADF pilots at Nowra yesterday. The machine demonstrated yesterday was privately owned by Linfox, operated by chief pilot Brett Quarrell and instructor pilot Michael Tavcar. This content is available
The Sikorsky-Lockheed Martin MH-60R ‘Romeo’ has been selected ahead of the NH90 NFH to fulfill Defence’s Air 9000 Phase 8 requirement to replace the Navy’s current S-70B Seahawks and the capability gap left by the cancelled SH-2G(A) Seasprites, Defence Minister Stephen Smith announced today. Twenty-four Romeos will be acquired under the $3 billion dollar program,
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