Babcock launches Adelaide operations cell
Babcock has set up a new national air operations cell at its Regional Support Centre in Adelaide to assist with its forward planning and daily operations. The new cell supports Babcock’s 12 bases and can track its fleet of 26 helicopters in real time which provide emergency services, search and rescue, law enforcement, surveillance and
RAAF’s KC-30A tanker transport achieves FOC
The Airbus KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) has achieved final operational capability (FOC) in Royal Australian Air Force service, Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Leo Davies announced at the Avalon Airshow on Thursday. “It is quickly becoming the tanker of choice,” Air Marshal Davies said of the KC-30A. “We are now there where the
Air Affairs Australia and Discovery Air Defence Services (DA) have teamed up to provide three Alpha Jets for Australian Defence Force training. The pair will deliver the three aircraft under Air Affairs’ existing Jet Air Support contract commencing in the third quarter of 2017, Air Affairs said at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon on
Advanced materials and additive manufacturing specialist Titomic is displaying its new 3D printing technology at Avalon. The innovative 3D printing technology – called Titomic Kinetic Fusion (TKF) – produces titanium components of virtually any shape and size more rapidly and at a considerably lower cost than conventional manufacturing methods, the company says. Based in Melbourne,
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is at the Avalon Airshow on a mission to demonstrate that the Heron TP is a viable option that should be considered to meet the Australian Defence Force’s requirement for an armed unmanned aircraft. “Give us the chance to compete, to see our capabilities, to compare, to see the benefit that
TAE wearable technology wins innovation award
Australian engineering services company TAE recently began trials of fountx, which it describes as wearable assisted technology comprising a headset that includes a camera, microphone and eye-level display screen powered by a computer inside a backpack. The technology allows a qualified expert to remotely monitor and instruct someone through engineering or maintenance tasks from hundreds,
