sustainment news
The Army’s new Project LAND 2072 Phase 2B Currawong Battlespace Communications System (BCS), a world-class wholly Australian-designed and produced capability, is looking increasingly attractive to the US and British Armies.
sustainment news
The Army’s new Project LAND 2072 Phase 2B Currawong Battlespace Communications System (BCS), a world-class wholly Australian-designed and produced capability, is looking increasingly attractive to the US and British Armies.
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.
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…
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.…
The multi-national Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program has logged its 500th delivery, with the handing over of an F-35A to the USAF. The 500th delivery is a…
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).
The RAN decommissions HMAS Melbourne, the last of its Perry/Adelaide class FFGs
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…
The RAAF’s F-35A Lightning II capability has taken several advances in recent weeks, the most recent of which is the opening of the multi-national mission data reprogramming lab in Florida.…
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.
With major defence procurement projects now under way, the Government says it will hold defence primes 100 per cent responsible for achieving maximum Australian industry content (AIC).
In 2016 the ADF Defence White Paper and associated Integrated Investment Plan (IIP) identified that greater emphasis will be placed on the joint force, bringing together different capabilities so the ADF can apply more force more rapidly and more effectively when required.
PMA-290, the Program Office for the P-8A Poseidon at US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), has made an approach to industry for the integration of the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship…
The RAN has formally opened an expanded Maritime Warfare Centre (MWC), an entity that will integrate the former smaller Australian Maritime Warfare Centre (AMWC) and the service’s test and evaluation…
UPDATED JANUARY 15, 2020 The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has released a report into the Project SEA 1000 future submarine program, finding that, while Defence has established appropriate procedures…
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? …
A Leonardo/L3Harris C-27J Spartan fuselage trainer has arrived at RAAF Base Amberley near Brisbane to provide enhanced training for RAAF C-27J loadmasters and ground crews. Built from a retired G.222/C-27A…
The November-December 2019 issue of ADBR is now online for all readers to catch up on during the holiday period.
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…
The RAAF’s C-130J Hercules transport fleet has achieved a final operational capability milestone of its Northrop Grumman AN/AAQ-24(V) large aircraft infrared countermeasures (LAIRCM) systems. The systems are installed on the…