Air-Launched Weapons
Raytheon’s AIM-9X infrared-guided Sidewinder air-to-air missile
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Air Platform
Boeing Australia advances the developments of Loyal Wingman for the RAAF
Boeing Australia’s first Loyal Wingman unmanned aircraft prototype has stood on its own wheels and powered up its electrical system for the first time, the company announced on 8 April. The latest development milestones follow […]
Air-Launched Weapons
Rheinmetall Australia to Produce Ammunition for F-35
Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions (RNM) plans to produce 25mm cannon ammunition for use by the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter. A new production line will be set up at a government-owned factory in the first half of […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
The RAAF to celebrate tenth anniversary of Boeing Super Hornet
The Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet is poised to reach the ten-year mark since its arrival in Australia. Canberra originally agreed to buy the Super Hornet in March 2007 to a fill a “capability gap” created […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
The RAAF C27J Sustainment Under Scrutiny
In a heavily redacted copy of the Australian Department of Defence’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group’s (CASG’s) Quarterly Performance Report from last September, released to the public in February, details about the plans to mitigate […]
Air Platform
Northrop Grumman turn to Australia to keep the production of Triton UAV running
Northrop Grumman says Australia should consider advancing its acquisition of the US Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAV following the Trump administration’s proposal to pause production for the programme in FY2021 and FY2022. While pausing production, the […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Boeing Australia starts production of Royal Wingman UCAV for RAAF
Boeing Australia announced on 9 February that it had completed the major fuselage structural assembly for its first Loyal Wingman aircraft, part of the Royal Australian Air Force’s Loyal Wingman – Advanced Development Program. Boeing […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Royal Australian Air Force shifts training facilities to Australia
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has shifted a substantial amount of training for the Lockheed Martin F-35A to Australia, while still retaining a training presence in the USA reports Department of Defence, Australia. The […]
Naval Platforms
Royal Australian Air Force completed full fleet of Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon
Announced by the Australian Government, the delivery caps off a process that began with the arrival of the first P-8A in Australia in November 2016. The P-8As have already been used for Australian border protection […]
Air Platform
Australia welcomes more F-35 Lightning II at RAAF base Williamtown
The Australian Government’s multi-billion dollar Joint Strike Fighter program has reached a new milestone with seven F-35A Lightning II aircraft arriving at RAAF Base Williamtown. Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC said […]