The World of Aviation

Raytheon has delivered the 200th AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar to Boeing for installation on US Navy F/A-18E/F and EA-18G and RAAF F/A-18F fighters.

A large military order by Saudi Arabia valued at up to US$30bn (A$33bn) is currently under consideration by the US, the head of the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Vice Admiral Jeffrey Wieringa, told media at the Farnborough Airshow. The potential order includes 84 new Boeing F-15 Eagles, 72 UH-60M Black Hawks, and the

Testing of the Raytheon/Boeing Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) has been successful in a recent firing at the White Sands missile range in New Mexico. The weapon, designed to replace the Hellfire and Maverick missiles in US and allied service, scored a direct hit on a 2.5 x 2.5m target from a distance of 16km. JAGM

Two F-22 Raptors based at Holloman AFB in New Mexico and deployed with the 7th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron to Kadena AFB on the Japanese island of Okinawa have joined in the Invincible Spirit exercises with US and South Korean forces, marking the first time the F-22 has flown in and around the sensitive Korean peninsula.

The Boeing P-8I for India successfully completed its final design review (FDR) on July 16, clearing the way for the manufacture of the first 737 based P-8I to begin. The FDR saw the designs for the aircraft’s radar, communications, navigation, mission computing, acoustics, sensors, and ground and test support equipment locked in, as well as

The Chinese HNA Group has announced that it is looking to invest up to US$200m (A$223m) in Australian air transport, airport management and other tourism and hospitality operations as part of a major push to expand its presence in the country. As part of the push, the HNA Group’s entire board and 318 delegates from