Boeing and the federal government have agreed to expand the company’s support for Australian aerospace suppliers with new contract bid opportunities. Building on an agreement that placed significant work packages with Australian industry, a new two-year contract with the Defence Strategic Policy and Intelligence Group will continue to grow Australia’s aerospace support capabilities and will
The Australian Army’s 22 Airbus Helicopters Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters (ARHs) achieved final operating capability (FOC) on April 18, more than 11 years after the type first entered service. “Tiger is ready to go as a full operational capability with a full regiment of two squadrons,” confirmed Commander 16 Aviation Brigade, Brigadier Michael Prictor. “In the past decade we have built an attack helicopter
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) has announced that the development of the software the US Air Force will use to declare initial operational capability (IOC) has been completed. Block 3i software provides the F-35 Lightning II with an initial warfighting capability on upgraded computer hardware. “As of 1 May, the F-35 program has flown
The RAAF has conducted air-to-air refuelling trials between a KC-30 MRTT tanker transport and one of its own C-17 Globemaster transports for the first time. The two-hour sortie took place off the Queensland coast in late April and saw the 33 Squadron KC-30’s ARBS boom make “a number” of contacts with the 36 Squadron C-17, a
The call on the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to support an Air Task Group deployment to the Middle East over the financial years 2015-16 to 2016-17 is having a major impact on forecast flying hours set by Defence for normal operations, the Defence Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS) for 2016-17 show. While C-17 Globemaster transports in
BAE Systems Australia has named former senior public servant Dr Ian Watt AO as non-executive chairman, Australia, on an expanded board. In a public service career that stretches almost two decades, Dr Watt previously served as Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Secretary of the Department of Defence and was Australia’s longest
