The US Navy has awarded Boeing a US$1.55bn (A$2.53bn) contract for the production of 18 P-8A Poseidon maritime reconnaissance aircraft, including 10 aircraft for South Korea and New Zealand. The…
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Dear readers Many thanks for your patience during the delayed production of the Jan-Feb 2020 issue of ADBR. It’s been a massive team effort to get the magazine done while…
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The US Army has announced it has shortlisted two contenders for its Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) requirement. The two aircraft – Sikorsky’s Raider X,…
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The RAAF’s Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet achieved the milestone of a decade in service on March 26. The date marks the 10th anniversary of the arrival at RAAF Amberley west…
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Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions (RNM) has been awarded a contract by the Joint Strike Fighter program to produce 25mm ammunition as a second-source supplier for the F-35A Lightning II’s four-barrel GAU-22/A…
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Defence has announced four contenders for the Australian Army’s LAND 129 Phase 3 program to replace the AAI Shadow 200 tactical UAS in service, with Insitu Pacific, Leidos Australia, Raytheon…
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Australia’s largest ex-military aircraft auction was conducted at Avalon Airport south of Melbourne in March, and saw a large number of former-ADF aircraft sold. In total, 18 Pilatus PC-9/A training…
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The RAAF’s MC-55A Peregrine electronic warfare support system project will soon hit a key milestone, with the delivery of the fourth and final ‘green’ Gulfstream G550 airframe to the US Air Force for modification under the Peregrine program.
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Proceeding steadily but with less public commentary is the combat system design, development and integration by Lockheed Martin Australia. The combat system accounts for a significant portion of the overall project – the basic rule of thumb is that the combat system in a modern warship accounts for around 20 per cent of total project cost.
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AeroPM, a Canberra-based Defence and Defence industry consulting firm has formally opened its new headquarters at a new location in the inner-south suburb of Barton, with Minister for Defence Industry…
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When the UK announced in March 2019 that it would buy five Boeing E-7A AEW&C aircraft, the Australian government promptly issued a media statement citing this as a big win for Australian defence industry.
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Christine Zeitz has resigned from her role as Chief Executive of Leidos Australia, effective March 13. “After four and a half years leading Leidos Australia Christine has decided that it’s…
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CAE has announced the appointment of Matthew Sibree to the position of Managing Director, Defence & Security for the Asia-Pacific region, effective February 17. In his new role, Sibree will…
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Boeing Defence Australia has been granted a four year extension to its contract to provide maintenance services for the RAAF’s fleet of 24 F/A-18F Super Hornets and 11 EA-18G Growlers.…
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The Commonwealth announced on November 28 the selection of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) MQ-9B Sky Guardian as its preferred version of the Predator B to meet the RAAF’s Project AIR 7003 requirement for an armed medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS).
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The RAN decommissions HMAS Melbourne, the last of its Perry/Adelaide class FFGs
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The Commonwealth has announced that “up to 46” of the RAAF’s 71 F/A-18A/B ‘classic’ Hornets have been sold to a US-based adversary air services training company. Defence Industry Minister Melissa…
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Raytheon Australia has been awarded a $330 million eight-year contract to provide Joint Adversarial Training and Testing Services (JATTS) for the ADF. The new contract sees the consolidation of three…
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The third and last Hobert class air warfare destroyer (AWD) has been handed over to the Royal Australian Navy by its shipbuilder, the AWD Alliance. In a ceremony on February…
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In 2018 the Australian Government’s 2018 announced a partnership with the US to develop the Lombrum naval base on Manus Island. More recently, it added plans to upgrade the Cocos Islands airport with a wider runway and taxiway, and strengthened parking aprons.