Defence has partnered with CAE to provide support and training for the Royal Australian Air Force’s Hawk 127 lead-in fighter. The in-service support contract with CAE for full mission simulators acquired under Project AIR 5348 is valued at about $14.5 million over four and a half years. This contract will see nine new jobs created,
The Royal Australian Air Force’s new Boeing EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft have arrived at the Avalon Airshow on their public debut. The aircraft flew in for their appearance at the airshow having recently been ferried to Australia from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in the US. “This is a beast; it was built to be
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has formally launched its ‘Team Reaper Australia’ solution for the AIR 7003 armed unmanned aircraft project with Australian teammates Cobham, CAE Australia, Raytheon Australia and Flight Data Systems. “Our offering for AIR 7003 is a system that provides persistent situational awareness with a bite; another way of saying long-endurance armed reconnaissance,”
The RAAF’s first two Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighters have touched down on Australian soil for the first time, landing at RAAF Base Amberley on Monday afternoon ahead of their planned appearance at the Avalon Airshow from Friday. The ABC’s defence reporter Andrew Greene has reported the aircraft landed at Amberley just after 5:00pm on
Lockheed Martin is in the final stages of integration and testing of the first of seven flight training devices it is building for the RAAF’s new PC-21 turboprop-based Pilot Training System ahead of first delivery to Australia in the third quarter of this year. The device is an evolution of that Lockheed Martin supplied for
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Leo Davies has released details of the Royal Australian Air Force’s new strategic document that will inform how the RAAF continues its journey towards becoming a fifth-generation force over the next decade and beyond. Against the backdrop of increasing strategic uncertainty and complex operational challenges, Air Force Strategy 2017-2027
