Lockheed Martin has confirmed it is not bidding for the Australian Defence Force’s AIR 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) project. The company’s Global Training and Logistics business had announced its teaming with Western Australia-based Bristow Helicopters Australia at the 2011 Avalon International Airshow, although by the closing of tenders last month, the
First A400M delivery on track for year’s end
First delivery of the A400M airlifter is on track for the end of the year, even though two new problems have been discovered in the aircraft’s troublesome engine gearbox, Airbus Military says. The more serious of the new problems was a failure of a propeller gearbox on an A400M returning to Europe after its recent
KC-30 mods underway
Airbus Military says it is working to implement key modifications that reduce aircrew workload and improve awareness when operating the boom refueling system for the RAAF’s KC-30/A330 MRTT tankers by the end of the year. The modifications, agreed to with the RAAF for its five KC-30s following the loss of the boom during a test
Lockheed Martin ready for RAAF F-35 training
Lockheed Martin stands ready to stand up the Australian training contingent for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter despite delays to the project in last week’s budget, the company has said. Speaking to a media tour of the company’s Global Training and Logistics business unit in Orlando, Florida Lockheed Martin’s F-35 International Training Program’s manager Eric
Bombardier reveals Learjet 70 and 75
Bombardier launched its six-seat Learjet 70 and eight-seat Learjet 75 (pictured) at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva on May 14. Updates of and replacements for its Learjet 40XR and 45XR, the aircraft feature new Honeywell 3,850lb (17.1kN) TFE731-40BR engines and new canted wingtips, yielding a nine per cent increase in
RAAF C-27J buy confirmed
The RAAF will buy 10 Alenia C-27J transports to fulfil the AIR 8000 Phase 2 Battlefield Airlifter (BFA) requirement, Defence Minister Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare have confirmed today. The announcement – which comes just 36 hours after the 2012-13 federal budget confirmed the RAAF’s eight remaining C-130H Hercules would be
