The US’s Defense Acquisitions Board (DAB) has been briefed on JSF Project Office head Vice Admiral David Venlet’s recommendations for the program, but no announcements are likely to be made for several months. Widely rumoured to include recommendations for an additional 12 months delay in development and up to US$5bn (A$5.2bn) in extra development funding,
The Air 5418 Phase 1 project to integrate the Lockheed Martin AGM-154 JASSM missile with the RAAF’s fleet of F/A-18A/B Hornets has been added to the government’s growing list of Projects of Concern. The JASSM project is now running more than 12 months late due to ongoing integration issues with the missile to the Hornet’s
Thailand has ordered an additional six JAS-39C Gripen fighters to add to the six it already has on order. The order also includes an unspecified upgrade to the Erieye radar-equipped Saab 340.
The RAAF’s F-111 is making its final public displays during its final week of operations. On Monday November 29, two F-111s will visit the Sydney region, flying over RAAF Richmond between 1.00 and 1.30pm, and then Sydney Harbour between 1.30 and 2.00pm. Also on November 29, between 11.30am and 2.30pm F-111s will fly over several
Australian Aerospace CEO Jens Goennemann is confident that operating restrictions on the Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 turboshaft that powers the ADF’s MRH 90 helicopters will soon be lifted. “With the MRH engine issue, despite being more in the hands of RTM and they [in turn] being more in the hands of Turbomeca, because the issue is
Australian Aerospace demonstrated the Eurcopter EC135, its contender for the ADF’s Air 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) project, to Defence officials in Nowra and Canberra earlier this week. Australian Aerospace hired Moorabbin based Microflite’s EC135 VH-VJB for a short two day demonstration tour to Navy, Capability Development Group and DMO officials in
