The US Navy issued a request for information (RFI) on March 20 to industry for the integration of an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system with US Marine Corps…
Andrew McLaughlin
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Gulf state Qatar has become the latest customer for the NH Industries NH90 helicopter, with an order for 28 of the type. The 28 machines will be split between 16…
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UPDATED with Rheinmetall comments, 1945hrs 14/03/18 Rheinmetall Defence Australia’s Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle (CRV) has been selected to fulfil the Australian Army’s $5.2 billion LAND 400 Phase 2 requirement. The…
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The US Navy has announced plans to strike 136 F/A-18A-D ‘classic’ Hornets from its inventory in the next few years in a bid to reduce maintenance costs on these ageing…
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The first Royal New Zealand Navy Anzac class frigate has been inducted into the Seaspan Victoria Shipyards in Victoria, British Columbia for an upgrade and modernisation of its combat systems…
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Adelaide company Supashock has launched a bid to design, develop and manufacture new suspension for a large number of Fuchs 2 armoured personnel carriers in service with the German Army.…
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Lockheed Martin Australia has taken delivery of the first two Australian F-35 deployable facilities manufactured by Newcastle-based Varley Group. The two units are part of the Deployable Duty Facility/Deployable ICT…
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The US Marine Corps has embarked aboard ship the F-35B short take off and vertical landing (STOVL) version of the Joint Strike Fighter for its first operational employment. The six…
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Navantia Australia has signed an MoU with Adelaide-based Century Engineering to conduct development work on the rudder arrangement and stowage locker for Navantia’s F-5000 proposal for Project SEA 5000. A…
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Saab has signed a $24.2 million contract with ASC to supply an updated Integrated Ship Control Management and Monitoring System (ISCMMS) for four of the RAN’s Collins class submarines. Saab…
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BAE Systems has selected Lockheed Martin’s MK 41 vertical launch system (VLS) to equip its Type 26 Global Combat Ship for the Royal Navy and other customers. In a March…
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Belgium has formally joined the European/NATO Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF) program, joining the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway and Germany. The expanded program has seen eight A330 MRTTs ordered from…
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Lockheed Martin has appointed Greg Ulmer to the position of vice president and general manager of its F-35 program. Mr Ulmer succeeds Jeff Babione, who has moved to a new…
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Tata Boeing Aerospace (TBAL), a joint venture between Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) opened a new production facility for AH-64 Apache fuselages in Hyderabad, India on March 1. The…
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Boeing has launched the company’s largest autonomous systems development program outside the US after signing a new partnership with the Queensland Government on March 1. The company says the three-year…
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Freshman Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching has been accused by her colleagues of “freelancing” according to the ABC after she criticised Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on social media for the ordering…
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UPDATED 1415 5/3/18 WITH BAE SYSTEMS COMMENTS BAE Systems Australia has been awarded a contract valued at $1.2 billion to upgrade and support Australia’s high frequency over the horizon (OTHR)…
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Boeing has been awarded a US$73m (A$94m) contract from the US Navy to begin the modernisation of and structural enhancement to in-service US Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornets to extend their…
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Victorian manufacturer Heuch Pty Ltd has been added to Rheinmetall’s global supply chain following the order of 88 mobile battery units and dehumidification packs for Boxer armoured reconnaissance vehicles on…
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In a potential thaw in relations between the Canadian government and Boeing, Canada’s Public Works and Government Services agency has approved the US aerospace giant as a potential bidder for…