A dispute over the awarding of the ADF’s Middle East Air Sustainment contract has been resolved, with Adagold Aviation entering into a two year contract with Defence on October 22. The contract was awarded following an investigation by the ADF’s Chief Audit Executive and an independent validation of the process by PricewaterhouseCoopers. It had been
The Ipswich Art Gallery will be dedicated to an exhibition of F-111 artefacts and memorabilia from late November to coincide with the retirement of the aircraft from RAAF service on December 3. The gallery says “stories of the crews, pilots and designers will feature alongside drawings, mementos and some rare photographs.” The gallery is located
US industry media is rife with speculation that the USAF will further delay its KC-X tanker replacement selection from November to sometime in the first quarter of 2011. Evaluation of the tenders from Boeing and EADS North America for the KC-767NG and A330 based KC-45 respectively reportedly is taking longer than expected, and the USAF
The Department of Defence has released images of the test dropping of a AGM-154C JSOW glide bomb from a RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet last month. The weapon release was part of 1SQN’s first live weapon trials with the Super Hornet at the Woomera Test Range, north of Adelaide. Five Super Hornets and about 100 aircrew,
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has advised Congress of a huge US$60bn (A$61.5bn) arms sale to Saudi Arabia. Top of the list is 84 new Boeing F-15SA fighters which will be of an advanced configuration similar to the Singaporean F-15SG and Korean F-15K. The aircraft will feature AN/APG-63(V)3 AESA radars and GE F110-129
Sikorsky has announced a scout and attack development of its X2 high speed compound helicopter, dubbed the S-97. Like the X2 demonstrator which recently exceeded 250kt in level flight, the S-97 will feature a coaxial main rotor and a rear-mounted pusher propeller, and will carry troops and air-to-surface weapons. The company says it will self-fund
