The World of Aviation

Boeing has announced the appointment of Kory Mathews to serve as program vice president of F/A-18 and EA-18 Programs within Boeing’s Global Strike Systems division, replacing Bob Gower who has been named vice president, Boeing Military Aircraft (BMA) India.

Three Australian Army special operations soldiers have been killed and two have been seriously injured following the crash of a coalition helicopter in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. The as-yet unidentified helicopter was carrying 15 soldiers and crew and was one of several heading out on an operation at about 3.30am local time on June

Air New Zealand has released its May operational statistics, showing that the carrier experienced a 3.9 per cent increase in passengers for the month, although yields were lower than the same time last year. The increase in passengers came from increases on domestic and long haul services to North America and the UK, which increased

Another ‘green’ A330 has arrived at Qantas Defence Services (QDS) in Brisbane ready for conversion to a KC-30A MRTT for the RAAF. The aircraft, the fourth of the five on order and the third to be converted at Brisbane, was built as a standard A330-200 by Airbus in Toulouse, and will be substantially modified over

The US Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to deliver three slightly heavier-than-air-aircraft for operational use as persistent sensor platforms in Afghanistan. The long-endurance multi-intelligence vehicle (LEMV) contract will see the 90m long aircraft, based on an airship but with a rigid airframe and able to land on the ground rather than be tethered

Broome Airport will receive a new $20 million integrated fire station and air traffic control tower which is expected to become operational in 2011. “As the first combined facility of its kind in Australia, the new, state-of-the-art Aviation and Rescue Fire Fighting service and air traffic control tower will bring together the major safety infrastructure