Australian Aviation

Boeing successfully conducted the first flight of the ScanEagle Compressed Carriage (SECC) UAV at its Insitu test facility in Oregon on May 12. The SECC is designed to be an air or surface vehicle launched derivative of the successful ScanEagle family of small UAVs, and is recovered using the same Skyhook system as ScanEagle. This

Kuwait has placed an order for three Lockheed Martin KC-130J Hercules tanker transports via a US government FMS sale. The KC-130Js will be used to support Kuwaiti Air Force F-18 Hornets and to add to the airlift capability provided by Kuwait’s current fleet of three L-100s. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

Qantas and British Airways have extended their codeshare agreement to cover additional flights in Australia, New Zealand and Europe. From June 14, BA will place its code on Qantas services to Queenstown, Albury, Armidale, Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour and Wagga Wagga, and increase its codeshare on existing Qantas flights to destinations including Auckland, Wellington, Canberra,

Rolls-Royce has announced that it has successfully run the latest core engine build in its E3E (efficiency, environment, economy) two-shaft research program. “Our E3E technology, which is at the heart of our future two shaft engine product strategy, continues to make great progress,” said RR’s president of civil aerospace Mark King. This content is available

Coming in the shadow of the Super Hornet delivery only a few weeks earlier, the May 5 official handover of the first two Boeing Wedgetail AEW&C platforms to the RAAF hasn’t rated the attention it deserves. This is perhaps particularly so as the aircraft – A30-001 and -004 – have been operating out of RAAF

Qantas has announced that it will increase the frequency of its Sydney-Johannesburg services to daily from September 21. The new Tuesday service will bring to daily the number of services between Sydney and Johannesburg, and complements South African Airways’s daily services from Johannesburg to Perth, which Qantas codeshares on. This content is available exclusively to