The Pentagon is looking at increasing funding for the JSF program to the tune of US$300m (A$324m), delaying the aircraft’s development program by as much as 12 months, and offloading some of the program’s financial burden onto Lockheed Martin in an effort to remove risk to the program, according to reports. Following a series of
The USAF’s fleet of new MC-12W Liberty ISR aircraft has logged its 1000th mission from Joint Base Balad in Iraq, just six months after entering service. Thirty-seven MC-12Ws, sensor-equipped versions of the Beech King Air 350 and 350ER, were ordered for USAF service in November 2008, and Hawker Beechcraft was able to develop and deliver
The Japanese Air Self Defense Force has grounded its fleet of more than 200 F-15J fighters for inspections after part of a vertical stabiliser fell off an aircraft during an air display on November 29. The jet lost a 2.4 metre long section of the tail plane’s leading edge as it banked away after takeoff,
The USAF’s 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing has taken delivery of its first Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Block 30 UAV at Beale AFB near Sacramento in California following the type’s national airspace airworthiness certification being granted by the FAA in early November. The aircraft, a signals intelligence (SIGINT) version of the Block 20 Global Hawk, has
WA based composites manufacturer Quickstep Holdings has announced that it will raise $17.7 million to fund the expansion of its production facilities to meet a new contract to produce parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The company plans to raise $17.73m in both a share purchase plan and a placement to institutions and sophisticated
The US DoD has approved the EA-18G Growler, or ‘Grizzly’ as it will be known colloquially in US Navy service, for full rate production following it being declared operationally effective and suitable for service entry in late July. The USN has to date taken delivery of about 15 Growlers out of an initial low rate
