Raytheon Australia’s Electronic Warfare Training Services (EWTS) has completed 2,500 flight missions in support of the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Defence Force. Using two heavily-modified Learjet 35A jet aircraft fitted with advanced electronic warfare systems, Raytheon’s Electronic Warfare Training Services conducts missions ranging from EW system training, test, experimentation and evaluation trials, to
A flying display by a US Air Force F-22 Raptor will be the highlight of another considerable presence of US military aircraft at the Avalon Airshow. Three F-22s from the 90th Fighter Squadron based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska will be at Avalon with the aircraft showcased in the flying display by a pilot from
Piaggio Aerospace is keen to establish Australia as a base for Oceania and the wider Far East, its chief executive Renato Vaghi says. The Italian-based manufacturer, which is wholly-owned by United Arab Emirates (UAE) government investment vehicle Mubadala Development Company, is returning to the Australian International Airshow at Avalon after a four-year absence. It will
Darren Edwards has been appointed Boeing Defence Australia’s new vice president and managing director, succeeding Ken Shaw, who has taken up the position of vice president of supply chain for Boeing Global Services. Edwards previously spent a decade with Boeing in Australia and the US, serving as chief operating officer of Boeing Defence Australia from
US Air Force F-22 Raptors have commenced training with Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18 ‘classic’ Hornets, marking the start of the first enhanced air cooperation activity in Australia. Twelve F-22s from the 90th Fighter Squadron are visiting RAAF Base Tindal to train with Hornets from 75 Squadron, along with ground assets and personnel. During the
Australia has wrapped up its involvement with Exercise Red Flag 17-1, following three weeks of missions that Commander of the Australian contingent Group Captain Stuart Bellingham described “as realistic as it gets”. Red Flag is a large force employment combat training exercise that provides a complex and highly advanced threat environment in which to practise high-end
