The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has announced State Department approval of a foreign military sale (FMS) to Australia of long-lead items, engineering development activities and other defence services…
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Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a US$768.3m (A$1.12bn) contract by the Pentagon to produce an unspecified number of AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles under Lot 33 production. The contract will see…
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Supposedly Russia has implemented a successful A2AD-strategy in Europe in order to get an advantage over NATO in a potential future war.
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The RAAF graduates a growing number of Air Warfare Instructors across multiple skillsets.
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The Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for the first 21 of a 50 C-130J Hercules multiyear deal for three US services. The 50 aircraft will comprise 24 HC/MC-10J…
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The Bell V-280 tilt-rotor aircraft the company has built for the US Army’s future long-range assault aircraft (FLRAA) joint multi-role technology demonstration (JMR-TD) program, has successfully demonstrated its ability to…
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By Peter Knott Singapore’s acquisition of the Lockheed-Martin F-35 Lightning II has taken another step forward, with the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency announcing the State Department’s approval for the…
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The USAF issued a request for information (RFI) to industry on January 8 for its stand-in attack weapon (SiAW) requirement for an internally-carried long-range weapon for the F-35A Lightning II.…
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By Brigadier (Retd) Nicholas Jans, OAM, PhD This article appeared in the January-February 2019 issue of ADBR Well-honed skills for challenging circumstances Intelligent, physically superior, adaptable, imaginative and brave, easy to…
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Northrop Grumman has successfully tested its AQS-24B mine countermeasure deploy and retrieval (D&R) payload from a new mine countermeasures unmanned surface vessel (MCMUSV). Previously employed from an unmanned rigid hull…
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The US Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a US$35.2m (A$51.5m) contract to upgrade the AN/ALQ-218 radar warning receiver sensors on the Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft under that service’s…
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All images by ADF photographers The Federal government has mobilised the ADF to support rescue and recovery operations for the ongoing bushfire crisis affecting NSW and Victoria. Following a National…
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This feature appeared in the JAN-FEB 2019 issue of ADBR. The equipment is here or on the way, but what is the RAAF doing to develop a next gen workforce? …
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The RAAF has taken delivery of the last of its current order for 12 Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime ISR aircraft. The aircraft was delivered to RAAF Edinburgh on December 12,…
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This article appeared in the JAN-FEB 2019 issue of ADBR. The arrival of the F-35A Lightning and transition to normal flying operations in Australia is underway. While the aircraft has received most of the publicity…
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The Lockheed Martin AGM-158C long range anti-ship missile (LRASM) has achieved an early operational capability (EOC) milestone with the US Navy on the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. Already cleared for…
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The November-December 2019 issue of ADBR is now online for all readers to catch up on during the holiday period.
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The RAN’s second of three Hobart class DDGs, HMAS Brisbane returned home to Garden Island in Sydney from a five month cruise to the US west coast on December 17.…
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The US Army and Northrop Grumman Corporation have successfully demonstrated the ability of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) to conduct a simultaneous engagement of…
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The RAAF builds up its initial cadre of F-35 pilots and sustainment personnel at Luke AFB This article was first published in the Nov-Dec 2018 issue of ADBR, and for…