The World of Aviation

The ADF will release a tender to provide airlift support to the Middle East pending the resolution of an investigation into how Adagold Aviation won the long term contract from incumbent Strategic Aviation. In a brief release on September 22, the ADF said it “will use its standard processes for obtaining short term services, and

Australian Aerospace reports the company is on track to deliver the 16th MRH90 helicopter to the ADF on schedule by the end of the year. Despite a three month grounding of the fleet earlier this year following an engine failure, the 13th MRH 90 was delivered on September 3, and another three are scheduled to

The first production C-5M Super Galaxy to be modified on Lockheed Martin’s production line at Marietta, Georgia, made its first flight on September 19. Wearing a distinctive new tail flash denoting it as a Super Galaxy – which will be added to all C-5Ms, the aircraft is planned for re-delivery to the USAF at Dover

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a US$10m (A$10.5m) contract to develop software for the MH-60R ‘Romeo’ and MH-60S ‘Sierra’ helicopters to support the Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS). JMPS replaces older mission planning systems and uses commercial-off-the-shelf architecture that will standardise how mission flightplans are filed across the US military. “The MH-60 module will give

The Lufthansa Group’s board has approved the acquisition of 40 Airbus aircraft worth US$4.3bn (A$4.5bn), with the aircraft to be flown by its Lufthansa, Swiss and Germanwings operations. The order, which has yet to be firmed, is for 32 A320 Family aircraft (including eight A319s for Germanwings) and eight A330-300s. Five of the A330s will

The USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier and, at 346m, still the world’s longest military vessel, celebrates the 50th anniversary since its launch on September 24. But there will be little time for the crew of the Enterprise, the eighth US ship to wear the proud name, to celebrate, as the ship