The first Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has been formally revealed in a ceremony at Boeing Field, Seattle, on Tuesday. The aircraft, wearing RAAF serial A47-001 and 11 Squadron albatross tail markings, is due to arrive in Canberra on November 15, flown by an Australian crew, according
The MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system has been granted positive Milestone C low-rate initial production approval, marking the beginning of the production and deployment phase of the US acquisition process. “Triton’s critical technology is mature, and the system development and design review phases have been successful,” Doug Shaffer, vice-president of Triton programs at Northrop Grumman, said in a statement
CHC Helicopter has signed a 21-month contract to provide the Australian Army with aeromedical evacuation (AME) and crash response support for deployments throughout Australia. Commencing on October 1 2016, CHC currently provides search and rescue (SAR) services to the RAAF and will use that fleet of Sikorsky S-76s and Bell 412s to provide AME services
Bell Helicopter has launched its V-247 Vigilant tiltrotor unmanned aerial system (UAS) concept which the manufacturer has designed to satisfy the capabilities outlined in the US Marine Corps’ (USMC) 2016-2026 aviation plan for a larger and armed shipborne UAS platform. Officially unveiled at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on September 22, Bell vice
Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD), the manufacturing division of the Korean Air Group, have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Boeing to renew its joint cooperation of converting the South Korean military’s MD 500MD Defender helicopters into unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The Korean Air chairman and chief executive Yang Ho Cho and Boeing chief
The Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance has achieved a significant milestone with the successful completion of builder sea trials for the first destroyer Hobart, following several days at sea off the coast of South Australia. “This first phase of sea trials, conducted over several days in the local South Australian waters, marks the successful testing of the ship’s hull,
