US approves sale of single EA-18G to Australia
Australia’s EA-18G Growler electronic attack fleet could be brought back up to full strength following notice that the US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of a single aircraft and related equipment for US$125m
Australia to buy attrition replacement for lost Growler
US State Department approval has been granted for the possible Foreign Military Sale of a single US Navy Boeing EA-18G Growler to the Australian government, which will act as an attrition replacement for an example that was damaged beyond repair by an engine fire on January 27, 2018
New home for Aussie Catalina
The RCMPA has been denied the ability to create a long hoped-for aviation heritage centre at the former WW2 era RAAF base Rathmines on the shores of Lake Macquarie
100 NOT OUT: An in-depth review of the Royal Australian Air Force
The Royal Australian Air Force turned 100 on April 1, 2021. Today it is a world class air arm, capable of leading joint and coalition operations around the globe, as we report
CAE, Seeing Machines to upgrade Australian Hawk simulators
CAE Australia has been awarded a contract by Australia’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group. It was announced on August 24, that CAE Australia are to support the upgrade of the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) three full-mission Hawk Mk127 simulators with the eye tracking training system developed by Seeing Machines.
RAAF graduates first F-35A pilots trained in Australia
Four RAAF Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation multi-role stealth fighter pilots have graduated from the platform’s first operational conversion course to be completed in Australia
Australian F-35As participate in Arnhem Thunder 21
Royal Australian Air Force-operated Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning IIs have been deployed to RAAF Base Darwin, Northern Territory, to participate in Exercise Arnhem Thunder for the first time
Royal Australian Air Force turns 100
It is now officially 100 years old, but the seeds of what became the Royal Australian Air Force were sown before the Great War...
MQ-4C Triton senses improved avoidance capability
Northrop Grumman has been contracted by the US Navy to prototype and reduce the risk of integrating sense and avoid capabilities into the high-altitude, long-endurance MQ-4C Triton autonomous system
US approves MQ-9B sale to Australia
The US State Department has approved the possible Foreign Military Sale of 12 ‘weapons-ready’ GA-ASI MQ-9B remotely-piloted aircraft to the Australian government
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