BAE Systems Australia has signed a five year contract extension with the Boeing defence Australia to provide in-service support to the RAAF’s E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C fleet’s electronic warfare systems. Now running to mid-2019, the contract will provide engineering, maintenance and spares support work for 35 technicians and staff for the ALR-2001 electronic support measures (ESM)
A group of students from Saudi Arabia’s General Security Aviation Command (GSAC) have completed their Diploma of Aircraft Maintenance Engineering course at Brisbane’s Aviation Australia. The students have been based at Brisbane since May 2011 where they first completed an English language program before starting their diplomas. “Our partnership with GSAC has proven to
Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Darren Chester has announced the planned $54.8 million Replacement Chinook Facilities Project at Townsville has been referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for approval. The project will support the acquisition of seven new Boeing CH-47F Chinooks on order for the Army under Project AIR9000 Phase 5C. “If approved,
RMIT University has established a new simulation and test laboratory that is intended to enable researchers to work with the aviation industry on the development of new technologies. The $200,000 laboratory, which is part of the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering’s Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace Centre in Bundoora, was developed in conjunction with
CAE has begun training at its new Perth training centre, the Canadian-based simulation and training company announced last week. The new Perth facility features Fokker 50, Fokker 100 and Embraer Phenom 100 full flight simulators plusbriefing rooms, a multi-use classroom, offices and workshops facilities, and can train “approximately 2,000 crew members and cadets per year at
John Holland Aviation Services (JHAS) looks set to be shut down, with the company announcing on Friday that it is “winding back” operations at its Melbourne Tullamarine heavy maintenance base due to “current market conditions”. John Holland Group managing sirector, Glenn Palin, said in a statement that: “After owning JHAS for seven years, we are
