Hawker Beechcraft’s debtors have successfully applied to United States Bankruptcy Court to overturn the company’s exclusivity arrangement with Raytheon Australia to offer the T-6 platform for AIR 5428. Court documents filed on August 22 state that Hawker Beechcraft’s debtors found the agreement was “unnecessary and burdensome to the Debtors’ ongoing business operations”. The court issued
Merger talks between Airbus parent EADS and BAE Systems have collapsed after European governments failed to reach agreement over their respective stakes in the would-be conglomerate. EADS and UK-based BAE said they had agreed between themselves on a merger plan based on “sound industrial logic,” but dropped the talks yesterday after months of negotiations had
Two RAAF AP-3C Orion surveillance aircraft are heading home after nearly a decade deployed to the Middle East. RAAF Edinburgh-based Number 92 Wing has had Orions deployed to the Middle East since 2003 which have conducted ISR operations over Iraq, Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf and the North Arabian Sea. Most recently, the aircraft have patrolled
Defence has announced the signing of a $73.9 million Increment 3 Project Arrangement with the US Navy for the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. The signing formalises Australia’s continuing participation in the development of the Boeing 737 based P-8A, which is set to partially replace the RAAF’s fleet of 19 AP-3C Orions under Project Air
Three Boeing EA-18G Growlers belonging to the US Navy touched down at RAAF Amberly this week for a three week joint exercise focusing on airborne electronic attack integration. RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets are taking part in the exercises alongside the Growlers, an electronic warfare variant of the Super Hornet. Australia announced plans in August to
Defence has announced the six museums and historical organisations chosen to display retired RAAF F-111C jets. The six comprise: Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory (Winnellie, NT); Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome Heritage Aviation Association (Evans Head, NSW); Fighter World (Williamtown, NSW); Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (Albion Park, NSW); Queensland Air Museum (Caloundra, Qld); and
