Defence has partnered with CAE to provide support and training for the Royal Australian Air Force’s Hawk 127 lead-in fighter. The in-service support contract with CAE for full mission simulators acquired under Project AIR 5348 is valued at about $14.5 million over four and a half years. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation
The Royal Australian Air Force’s new Boeing EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft have arrived at the Avalon Airshow on their public debut. The aircraft flew in for their appearance at the airshow having recently been ferried to Australia from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in the US. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has formally launched its ‘Team Reaper Australia’ solution for the AIR 7003 armed unmanned aircraft project with Australian teammates Cobham, CAE Australia, Raytheon Australia and Flight Data Systems. “Our offering for AIR 7003 is a system that provides persistent situational awareness with a bite; another way of saying long-endurance armed reconnaissance,”
The RAAF’s first two Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighters have touched down on Australian soil for the first time, landing at RAAF Base Amberley on Monday afternoon ahead of their planned appearance at the Avalon Airshow from Friday. The ABC’s defence reporter Andrew Greene has reported the aircraft landed at Amberley just after 5:00pm on
Australia has wrapped up its involvement with Exercise Red Flag 17-1, following three weeks of missions that Commander of the Australian contingent Group Captain Stuart Bellingham described “as realistic as it gets”. Red Flag is a large force employment combat training exercise that provides a complex and highly advanced threat environment in which to practise high-end
Twelve United States Air Force (USAF) F-22 Raptors have deployed to Tindal, Northern Territory for joint training exercises with the RAAF as part of the first Enhanced Air Cooperation (EAC) initiative. The 12 jets are from the 90th Fighter Squadron from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and arrived at a wet RAAF Base Tindal on Friday. This content is available