The World of Aviation

The UK Ministry of Defence has ordered 22 CH-47 Chinooks for the RAF as it seeks to bolster its rotary wing capability. The new helicopters will allow an increase in capability in extreme conditions such as in Afghanistan, however the first 10 aircraft are not due to be delivered until 2013 at the earliest. Analysts

Northrop Grumman has announced it has successfully completed a maritime sensor demonstration of its MQ-8B Fire Scout tactical Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS). The aircraft was fitted with a Telephonics radar and FLIR electro optical infrared system, and the demonstration was performed under a contract awarded in September by the US Coast Guard Research and

As part of a wide-ranging cost and structure review, UK Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has announced the RAF’s fleet of 11 Nimrod MR2 maritime reconnaissance aircraft will be retired by March 2010, two years earlier than planned. The announcement comes despite the MR2’s replacement, the much delayed and substantially remanufactured and re-engined Nimrod MRA4, not

Qantas has issued guidance that it expects its first half profit for the 2009/2010 financial year to come in between $50 and $150 million, and has announced that it is restoring domestic capacity on a number of routes to meet growing demand. Qantas made the guidance in reporting its November operating statistics to the Australian

A war of words has broken out between Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, Greg Combet, and the Liberal member for Paterson, Bob Baldwin, over the potential noise impact the F-35 JSF will have on communities surrounding RAAF Base Williamtown when the aircraft enters service from 2018. Baldwin says communities in the area haven’t

CASA has announced that it will lift the cap on the number of aircraft allowed in the circuit from six to eight per active runway at the six General Aviation Aerodrome Procedure (GAAP) airports, while it has also confirmed that FAA Class D procedures will replace GAAP from June 3 2010. From January 18, the