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Airbus Military A400M receives full civil Type Certification

Military certification and first delivery to follow soon.

Airbus Military has received full Type Certification for the A400M new generation airlifter, marking a critical step towards delivery of the first aircraft to the French Air Force.

First Cape Class patrol boat officially named

Cape St George is the first of eight new boats being built by Austal for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service under a design, construct and in-service support contract valued at approximately A$330 million.

Austal has announced that the first-in-series Cape Class Patrol Boat has been officially named the Cape St George during a ceremony held at Austal's Henderson shipyard in Western Australia.

Government invests in Defence industry

It aims to increase the electronic warfare capability of our Anzac-class frigates, and might also be applicable to the Air Warfare Destroyer and the Future Frigate.

The Australian Government has made a multimillion dollar investment to develop future defence technology, under the Capability and Technology Demonstrator Program.

Enhancing safety in maintenance

Applying the new painting technique on an aircraft's wing.

If you've ever been to an Air Force air show, you would have seen the PC9/A aircraft at its aerobatic best. These impressive planes are famous for their mid-air flips, twirls and of course their shiny red coats.

Patria delivers first batch of next generation AMV to Sweden

This was the first delivery of altogether 113 Patria AMV armoured wheeled vehicles.

Patria has delivered the first Patria AMV armoured wheeled vehicles to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV).

US Navy funds Austal LCS team to build more ships

Additional contracts affirm commitment to the LCS Program.

Austal USA's order backlog has grown by approximately US$681.7 million as a result of two additional Littoral Combat Ship contract options being exercised by the US Navy.

Australian industry working on JDAM

A F/A-18 Hornet flying with one 2000lb Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) "Smart Bomb". [Photo:Defence]

Boeing has selected Australian supplier Ferra Engineering to manufacture a new extended range wing kit that will enhance the performance of the RAAF's Joint Direct Attack Munition.

US Army's next generation helicopter

Concept: Sikorsky/Boeing

The design of Sikorsky's coaxial X2 Demonstrator will serve as the basis for a new aircraft proposed by Sikorsky and Boeing.

Minister 'opens doors' during US defence industry tour

Are two Tritons for Australian industry involvement enough?

Access gained by a South Australian defence sector group to senior industry executives during a recent 10-day visit to the US had reinforced the value of such groups being headed by a state government minister.

Keeping the tradition aloft - and alive

Left to right: Jens Goennemann,CEO of Australian Aerospace; Bob De La Hunty OAM, President of HARS; Doug Haywood, HARS Senior Pilot. [Photo:Australian Aerospace]

Australian Aerospace Limited and the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, have entered into a partnership to support two flying examples of the venerable Caribou military transport aircraft.

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