Australian Aviation

RAAF maritime surveillance and ISR on the cusp of generation change It is now a little over a year since the Australian government committed itself to purchase eight Boeing P-8A Poseidons to meet a requirement for a Maritime Patrol and Response Aircraft capability to replace the AP‑3C Orion. In August 2014, the US Navy awarded

Australian company Micreo has announced that it is shipping production components to Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems for the ALR-69A(V) radar warning receiver (RWR) system. The designer and manufacturer of radio frequency subsystems for aerospace and defence applications stated that it was selected by Raytheon more than two years ago for the design and development

The Embraer E2 is a substantial overhaul of the popular E-Jet family It’s an exciting time to be building – or flying – aircraft in the 70-150 seat category. The next generation of new-build regional jet aircraft is gearing up to take the market segment from names like Fokker, Douglas, BAe and Boeing: Comac’s ARJ21,

With Australia’s First Two Aircraft Now Flying, the F-35 is Becoming a Reality, but Challenges Remain The F-35 Lightning Ii is Perhaps the Only Aircraft in History to Generate 25 Million Lines of Software, and an Equal Number of Column Inches of Negative Copy. And Given the Program’s Overreaching Ambition, Cost, Complexity and Delays, Such

Over the past ten years Qantas has probably had to negotiate the toughest challenges in its long, iconic history, capped off by last year’s record $2.8 billion loss. Today, a new picture is emerging that holds glimpses of better times ahead. Has Australia’s national flag carrier finally turned the corner… or is this a false

Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown on leading the RAAF through a period of transformative change With potentially only a few months in his tenure as Chief of Air Force to run, Air Marshal Geoff Brown pauses when asked what has been his most fulfilling achievement as chief so far. “I haven’t thought