Boeing Defence Australia managing director Darren Edwards has died, the company said in a statement on September 23 2019. He was 51.

Boeing Defence Australia says it has signed a new partnership agreement with the Department of Defence’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group to support the Australian Army’s CH-47F Chinook helicopter fleet. Under the agreement, Boeing Defence Australia plans to consolidate all existing services for the Chinook fleet into a “new through life support contract to be