Australian Aviation

Boeing will operate a rotable exchange service for 787 operators which it says will help reduce airline inventory costs and allow parts to be shipped within 24 hours. “The 787 Rotables Exchange Services Program will provide a dedicated pool of high value, dispatch-critical parts for airlines, while helping them to improve operations support and cash

Gulfstream has announced that the FAA has formally certified its large cabin aircraft as being Stage 4 noise compliant. The certification applies to the G550, G500, G450, G350, GV and GIV families, which Gulfstream says have always been Stage 4 compliant, but have now been formally certified as meeting the ICAO’s Stage 4 noise requirements

Lessor BOC Aviation has ordered eight Boeing 777-300ERs valued at approximately US$2.2bn (A$2.2bn). BOC, which is a subsidiary of the Bank of China, says the aircraft will be placed on long term lease with Thai Airways International. BOC has also placed an order for 30 Airbus A320 Family aircraft, with the aircraft to be delivered

The US Army has awarded Bell a contract to upgrade up to 18 OH-58A Kiowas to the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior armed scout standard under a program dubbed ‘A2D’. The announcement, which comes just days after the Army said it would refurbish a large proportion of its OH-58D fleet to a new OH-58F standard, will see

US Navy MH-60R operations ramp up As a decision on the successful Project Air 9000 Phase 8 successor to the Navy’s S-70B-9 Seahawks and the cancelled SH-2G(A) Seasprites looms, both candidates, Team Romeo and Australian Aerospace are bolstering their arguments for their respective products, the MH-60R Seahawk ‘Romeo’, and the NH 90 NATO Frigate Helicopter

ADF Airshow farewells the F-111 The ADF Airshow held at RAAF Base Williamtown near Newcastle on the weekend of September 18 and 19 was notable for several events, not least of which was the final display of the F-111 in RAAF service before it’s retirement in December. Although the ‘Pig’ is scheduled to perform at