The UK’s Cameron coalition government has announced plans to cut huge numbers of personnel and inventory under its Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), with defence spending to fall eight per cent over four years. Capabilities to be cut include the entire Harrier force from 2011 and the carrier HMS Ark Royal immediately, which means
Eurocopter says delays in integrating new formation lighting on the Army’s fleet of ARH Tiger helicopters have been caused by the ADF wanting a type of lighting not specified in the original contract and not used by any other Tiger operator, but that the issue should be resolved by early 2011. Following on from reports
The Times of India reports that Indian defence officials have been briefed on the Boeing 737 AEW&C aircraft as part of a larger package of possible products from Boeing. Boeing’s head of India operations, Vivek Lall, said Indian Air Force and Navy officers had been briefed on the AEW&C platform on the basis of a
The RAAF has cleared its BAE Systems Hawk lead-in fighter fleet to resume flying, six days after flying was suspended following the discovery of an undisclosed “technical fault“. “Following an investigation into that incident, the Hawk fleet has been cleared to resume flying, with each aircraft to receive a detailed technical inspection prior to flight,”
Defence Minister Stephen Smith and Defence Materiel Minister Jason Clare have added the AP-3C Orion’s Air 5276 Phase 8B ESM upgrade program to the list of ‘Projects of Concern’, while Project Air 5402 to acquire five Airbus Military KC-30 tanker/transports remains on the list, despite the aircraft recently gaining Spanish military certification. Air 5402 is
Boeing and the Defence Materiel Organisation have agreed to extend the Office of Australian Industry Capability (OAIC) for a further two years. The OAIC has been active in identifying capability within Australian small and medium enterprises which may be utilised by Boeing’s global supply chain. Boeing says that to date the OAIC has helped to
