The World of Aviation

Federal opposition leader Tony Abbott has said a Coalition government would buy three Northrop Grumman Global Hawk UAVs to bolster the nation’s border security if it wins government in this year’s federal election. Speaking on April 23, Abbott made the announcement as part of a broader foreign policy and defence statement. “I can announce today,

BAE Systems Australia has opened a new engineering hub in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond which will see the company’s aerospace, autonomous systems and guided weapons research brought under the one roof. The facility was opened by the federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, along with Victoria’s Minister of Industry

The first Harvest HAWK KC-130J Hercules for the US Marine Corps completed Phase One testing at NAS Patuxent River on April 10. The KC-130J is fitted with a modular roll-on, roll-off weapons system comprising a fire control console in the aircraft’s cargo compartment, a turreted target sight sensor (TSS) mounted in the left under wing

A Boeing 737-200  landed at Jandakot Airport on April 24 where Perth’s Polytechnic West (the former Swan TAFE) will use the ex OzJet aircraft (N732HV) as a non flying static training aid. “Polytechnic West’s Boeing 737 is a high quality training asset which will be used to train local and overseas engineering students who are

A RNZAF UH-1H Iroquois fatally crashed near Pukerua Bay, approximately 40km northeast of Wellington, shortly before 6am on April 25 killing three of its crew and injuring another. Pilot FLTLT Hayden Madsen, copilot FLGOFF Daniel Gregory and crewman CPL Benjamin Carson were killed when their Iroquois, NZ3806, one of three from 3 Squadron en route

A new report by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) predicts that passenger numbers across Australia’s capital city airports will more than double by 2030. According to the forecast, by the 2029/2030 financial year, the number of people transiting through capital city airports is expected to grow by 140 per cent to