RAAF Growler gets US go-ahead
A report in The Australian says the US Technology, Transfer, Security Assistance, Review Board (TTSARB) has approved the export of technology to Australia for the EA-18G Growler electronic attack variant of the Super Hornet. The decision, said to have been made in late August, clears the way for the export to Australia of components and
Virgin Blue appoints Hulsbosch as creative director
Virgin Blue has appointed renowned brand designer Hans Hulsbosch as its creative director to oversee the transformation of the Virgin Blue Group’s branding. “Hans and his team will oversee the Virgin Blue Group brand transformation, creating an identity that can stretch across both the leisure and corporate sector. Hans will be responsible for making sure
Chew Choon Seng to leave SIA
Singapore Airlines has announced that Goh Choon Phong will succeed long time chief executive Chew Choon Seng when he retires at the end of December 2010. Goh has worked at SIA since 1990 and is currently executive vice president for marketing and the regions, having been appointed to the post earlier this year after four
Boeing extends RAAF F/A-18 component repairs
Boeing Australia has signed a contract with the DMO to provide repair and refurbishment work for the RAAF’s F/A-18A/B Hornet fleet. The work will comprise the refurbishment of flight control surfaces, doors and panels for the ageing Hornet fleet at Boeing’s Component Repairs facility at Tullamarine in Melbourne, and includes the replacement of aluminium control
787s spread wings
Four of the five Boeing 787s currently being used on its flight test program were involved in a number of tests away from their base at Everett over the last week. Boeing announced on September 3 that ZA001 was taking a break from operations from Edwards Air Force Base, with the aircraft positioning to Roswell,
US Navy tests Super Hornet Distributed Targeting System
The US Navy has started testing a Distributed Targeting System (DTS) for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet at NAS China Lake in central California. The DTS will allow Super Hornet crews to better process multiple targeting information. The first stage of the test process will see an image exploitation processor and mass storage unit integrated with
