Schiebel Camcopter S-100 wins Navy VTOL UAS deal
The Department of Defence has awarded Austria’s Schiebel Group a contract to supply its Camcopter S-100 to meet the Royal Australian Navy’s interim vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial system (UAS) requirement. Signed in late December, the contract fulfils a request for tender (RFT) for Navy Minor Project (NMP) 1942 which sought to procure a
During a ceremony held at CAE’s Sale training centre, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester joined Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) officers and officials from the company to mark the occasion of the RAAF surpassing 5,000 hours of simulator training since the facility opened in 2014. The training centre was constructed by CAE as
Qatar arrives in Auckland
After a couple of false starts, Qatar Airways has commenced nonstop flights between Doha and New Zealand. The inaugural service QR920, operated by a Boeing 777-200LR, touched down at Auckland Airport at 0715 on Monday, after a 16-hour journey from Doha. The aircraft, A7-BBB, received a traditional welcome as it taxiied to the gate after
Cathay boosts Adelaide-Hong Kong to five times weekly
Cathay Pacific is bringing back a fifth weekly flight between Adelaide and Hong Kong from early July. The oneworld alliance member has been operating five flights a week on the route since December 2016, with the service operated by Airbus A330-300s due to drop back to four flights a week at the end of March
Airservices appoints new noise ombudsman
Airservices has named Narelle Bell as the next Aircraft Noise Ombudsman. Bell begins in the role on Wednesday. She replaces Ron Brent, who is stepping down after six years as the Aircraft Noise Ombudsman. Airservices chairman Sir Angus Houston said Bell had deep experience in the public service and as a lawyer, having served 13
LRIP 10 deal brings F-35A unit cost under US$100 million
The US Department of Defense and F-35 Lightning II prime contractor Lockheed Martin have reached an agreement on the next lot of aircraft, LRIP 10, which includes eight F-35A jets for Australia. This lot, which includes 90 aircraft in total, 55 jets for the US and 35 for partners and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program
