Lockheed Martin forms consortium for new ATM tender
Lockheed Martin will team with four leading air traffic management (ATM) technology providers in bidding for the oneSKY Australia tender. oneSKY is the project name given to the procurement by Airservices and Defence of Australia’s new generation ATM system, which expected to be operational before the end of the decade. Australia’s Adacel Technologies, Daronmont Technologies
Thursday on-sale date for Australian Aviation
If you’re looking to purchase the August issue of Australian Aviation on the news-stand, please note we have moved to a Thursday on-sale date from August issue onwards. August Australian Aviation will go on sale across Australia from Thursday August 1. Thereafter, Australian Aviation will go on sale on the last Thursday of the month
Boeing Defence Australia has taken on responsibility for the $140 million E-7A Wedgetail sustainment contract from its US-based parent company. Air Vice-Marshal Colin Thorne, head of the DMO’s Aerospace Systems Division, stated that the contract provides engineering, maintenance, spare parts and training support to the RAAF’s Wedgetail aircraft fleet. “Novation [of the contract] to an
100th F-35 enters final assembly
The 100th F-35 Lightning II has entered the last stage of final assembly. The CTOL F-35A variant aircraft is due to arrive at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona in 2014, and is one of 126 F-35s currently in production, according to Lockheed Martin. Luke AFB is set to be the largest F-35 base in
Bombardier delays CSeries maiden flight
Bombardier has confirmed it will delay by some weeks the first flight of its CSeries regional jet. The company said: “The highly technical last steps are taking more time than initially anticipated to validate the overall systems and ongoing software integration”. The aircraft’s twice-delayed first flight was expected by the end of July. “While the
AirAsia X adds Adelaide
Low-cost Malaysian carrier AirAsia X is to add Adelaide to its Australian network from October 30. The city becomes the airline’s fifth destination in Australia and will be operated four times a week using two-class A330s. Adelaide is the latest development in an aggressive Australian expansion for AirAsia X, having recently announced an increase in
