01 Apr 2012

L-3 Communications and Alenia Aermacchi, announced that the companies are committed to meeting the needs of the Commonwealth of Australia with the C-27J Spartan medium airlifter. Premium

27 Mar 2012

BAE Systems has been awarded a contract from Boeing for In-Service Support (ISS) of the Electronic Warfare (EW) system on the Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft. Premium

01 Mar 2012

BAE Systems and L-3 MAS Canada have won an extension to their F/A-18 Classic Hornet Maintenance and Modification Support contract. Premium

01 Mar 2012

Cubic Defense Applications has received a new contract valued at over $11 million from the RAAF. Premium

01 Mar 2012

Airbus Military has signed a contract with PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) to supply nine C295 military transport aircraft for delivery to the Indonesian Ministry of Defense. Premium

01 Mar 2012

Australian Aerospace, will bid as prime contractor on the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) Project Air 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) tender. Premium

01 Mar 2012

Boeing announced that it has awarded Lovitt Technologies Australia a contract to manufacture housing assemblies and fittings for the V-22 aircraft. This contract marks the first V-22 parts that will be manufactured in Australia. Premium

01 Feb 2012

The painfully-protracted process of selecting the ADF’s next battlefield airlifter appears close to a conclusion, with Alenia Aeronautica’s C-27J Spartan seen as the odds-on favourite to fill the gap left by the retirement in 2009 of the RAAF’s 1960’s-era DHC-4 Caribous. Or is it? Premium

01 Feb 2012

After a very long gestation period, the ADF’s Pilot Training System, Project AIR 5428, finally gained momentum in the early part of 2012 with the release of a draft RFT to industry. Premium

01 Feb 2012

More than a decade after Australia ordered 22 Eurocopter Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopters (ARH), the model has yet to be declared fully capable of operations, although that’s likely soon. Premium