Australian Aviation

Could Lockheed Martin’s STELaRLab become Australia’s version of DARPA? Former defence scientist Dr Tony Lindsay has big ambitions for Lockheed Martin’s new STELaRLab, in Melbourne, the first such advanced research facility the company has launched outside the US. With some runs on the board, he could get the go-ahead to do the kind of research

Sikorsky Australia is launching a refurbishment program that will see it repurposing US Army helicopters for commercial use. Meanwhile, the company is ramping up its support for the Royal Australian Navy’s fleet of ‘Romeo’ model Seahawks Sikorsky Helitech, now known as Sikorsky Australia, is set to repurpose former US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters that

In praise of the A2 flight jacket I love my A2, flight jacket that is, not milk by the same name. My A2 is the universal pilot’s flight jacket. It is what they call an intermediate weather jacket but it is a great wear on the windy tarmac and it has pockets for things. It

Peter Kable has acquired four Eurocopter EC135s from Turkey – two P2 models, AUN and AWQ, and two T2s, AZM and BBU. AUN and AWQ were sold new to Turkey but the two T2s have a more interesting history. BBU was test flown in Germany as D-HCBP before being delivered to the Carabineros de Chile

Cost shifting Moving around some rural centres we are often brought into a discussion on the increasing coat of doing business in regional Australia. On one hand we have part of the Australian government insisting that some government departments decentralise. For example the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) from Canberra to Armidale in

Fresh signs of optimism for regional aviation While there are no corks popping just yet, recent indications of green shoots in Australia’s regional aviation sector has given some cause for optimism. The latest profit results from Regional Express (Rex) and Alliance Aviation Services, along with the introduction of new routes from both large and small