The World of Aviation

When it comes to shooting down enemy aircraft and bombing their stuff, the US Marines reckon their new F-35B Lightning II aircraft are real killing machines. “I tell you we have a real winner on our hands,” says USMC Lieutenant General John “Dog” Davis, the Marines’ top aviator, speaking at the Avalon Airshow on Tuesday.

RAAF KC-30A pilot and air refuelling officer training should stabilise in 2017 as the tanker transport approaches full operating capability (FOC) and the first of two additional aircraft enters service later in the year. Using a Level D-certified full-mission simulator (FMS), an integrated procedure trainer and an air refuelling officer (ARO) part-task trainer the CAE

Defence has partnered with CAE to provide support and training for the Royal Australian Air Force’s Hawk 127 lead-in fighter. The in-service support contract with CAE for full mission simulators acquired under Project AIR 5348 is valued at about $14.5 million over four and a half years. This contract will see nine new jobs created,

The Royal Australian Air Force’s new Boeing EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft have arrived at the Avalon Airshow on their public debut. The aircraft flew in for their appearance at the airshow having recently been ferried to Australia from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in the US. “This is a beast; it was built to be

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has formally launched its ‘Team Reaper Australia’ solution for the AIR 7003 armed unmanned aircraft project with Australian teammates Cobham, CAE Australia, Raytheon Australia and Flight Data Systems. “Our offering for AIR 7003 is a system that provides persistent situational awareness with a bite; another way of saying long-endurance armed reconnaissance,”

Regional Express (Rex) says there are signs the worst may be over after swinging back to profitability in the first half of 2016/17. The company reported statutory net profit after tax of $6.2 million for the six months to December 31 2016, a return to the black following a $11.4 million statutory net loss in