Northrop Grumman has announced it has entered into a collaboration with Diamond Aircraft to develop new intelligence-gathering capabilities for the Canadian and international markets. A company release says Northrop Grumman will establish a presence near Diamond Aircraft’s production facility at London International Airport in Ontario. “Diamond Aircraft has a long history of superior design and
Neos for Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand has announced it is ordering 13 Airbus A320neo aircraft, including no fewer than three A321neos, which will be used to operate trans-Tasman and Pacific Island services from late 2017. The order for 13 A320neos plus a single standard A320 to join the airline’s domestic fleet was announced by Air New Zealand CEO
Qantas has unveiled a specially marked QantasLink 717 to mark the transition from Qantas mainline to QantasLink operated services to Tasmania. In January Qantas announced plans transition its Melbourne and Sydney to Hobart services from mainline 737s and QantasLink Dash 8 Q400 turboprops to QantasLink 717s, which are operated on Qantas’s behalf under a contract
RAAF’s ‘Plan Jericho’ to break down barriers to realising F-35’s full potential
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown has launched an ambitious plan to achieve new levels of efficiency and operational flexibility in the RAAF and broader ADF to maximise the potential offered by the fifth generation F-35 and other new capabilities into the future. In a speech at a Williams Foundation dinner attended by high-level
DMO releases UAS tender
The DMO has released an invitation to register interest for a Navy Unmanned Aerial System (NUAS) to operate from the RAN’s Armidale class patrol boats. The tender (DMOMSD/ITR0001/2014) states “The Commonwealth requires a fully integrated Naval Unmanned Aerial System (NUAS) capability on the Armidale Class Patrol Boat (ACPB)”, and suggests a fixed-wing type such as
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter flight test program recorded three significant test milestones on May 27. An F-35B of the Edwards AFB Integrated Test Force (ITF) conducted a sequential engagement of two manoeuvring air-to-air targets using AIM-120 AMRAAMS missiles over the Point Mugu Sea Test Range airspace in California, the first dual AMRAAM shot from
