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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.

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.

In a trial co-sponsored between Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), BAE Systems has successfully demonstrated the maiden flight of an experimental solar-powered unmanned aircraft at the Woomera Test Range (WTR).

The potential market for Boeing Australia’s ‘Loyal Wingman’ Airpower Teaming System (ATS) has received a significant boost following the US Government’s decision to fund two new Boeing F-15 Eagles, designated F-15EX, for the United States Air Force (USAF).

Supposedly Russia has implemented a successful A2AD-strategy in Europe in order to get an advantage over NATO in a potential future war.