Hawker Beechcraft has announced the USAF has ordered an additional six MC-12W Liberty ISR aircraft to add to the 23 it ordered last year and already has in service. Based on the King Air 350ER, the special mission equipped MC-12Ws have already been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in support of coalition troops. The King
Pilatus has successfully flown the first of 35 South African Air Force PC-7 Mk.II advanced trainers to have undergone a comprehensive avionics upgrade. The upgrade sees the aircraft fitted with a digital ‘glass’ cockpit replacing obsolete and difficult to support analogue equipment to see the aircraft through to their planned withdrawal from service date. The
Egypt has formally requested the purchase of 24 F-16C/D Block 50/52s and associated spares and weapons to the value of US$3.2bn (A$3.5bn). The FMS deal would include six spare GE or P&W engines, radars, EW systems, reconnaissance pods, targeting pods and conformal fuel tanks. The sale request has been submitted to the US Congress for
Australian cabling company Cablex and Australian Aerospace have signed a contract for Cablex to provide skilled labour to Australian Aerospace’s MRH 90 helicopter production facility at Brisbane Airport. The agreement will see at least nine Cablex AMEs installing electrical harnesses on Australian Army and Navy MRH 90s alongside their Australian Aerospace colleagues. “The strong relationship
The RAAF’s second A330 based KC-30A tanker flew for the first time following its conversion to tanker configuration by Qantas Defence Services (QDS) at Brisbane last Thursday. The aircraft, the first of four to be modified to tanker standard by QDS, made the flight after performing a rejected takeoff and check at Brisbane. It was
Boeing’s A160 Hummingbird vertical takeoff UAV has successfully demonstrated a series of flights with a foliage penetrating radar called FORESTER. The radar flew for 53 hours aboard the A160 and demonstrated its ability to see through foliage that may be masking troops or vehicles as part of a DARPA sponsored development program for the US
