A new generation of tilt-rotor aircraft is in the pipeline, and this one could have the teeth to attract Australia’s defence strategists. Steve Hitchen reports on the potential for the Bell X-76 | Steve Hitchen

Exercise Pitch Black returns to the Top End from 20 July to 7 August, creating an opportunity for over 100 aircraft and personnel from 19 allied and partner nations to exercise together, and strengthen regional and global interoperability.

Boeing has welcomed two additional industry partners at the ILA Berlin Air Show to expand its German MQ-28 Ghost Bat industry team.

Boeing has unveiled extended combat capabilities of the MQ-28 Ghost Bat at the ILA Berlin Air Show in Germany.

AW Bell has officially graduated from the Lockheed Martin Australia Mentor Protégé Program.

Boeing has validated another advanced capability for the MQ-28 collaborative combat aircraft, stealth performance.  

The MQ-28 has completed three operational flight tests on the Point Mugu Sea Range at US Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, California, to validate autonomous operations and demonstrate rapid deployment and sustained operations.

The Royal Australian Air Force has taken delivery of its 14th and final P‑8A Poseidon aircraft.

Bombardier Defense will provide three Global 6500 aircraft to fly maritime surveillance missions for the Australian Border Force.

Japan has selected one of the unmanned aerial vehicle platforms that will form part of its recently advanced SHIELD unmanned littoral defence network, the nation’s Ministry of Defense announced on 12 May | Corey Lee Bell

ISTEC Services has signed a key collaboration agreement with SiNAB. The agreement brings together complementary experiences in platform integration and advanced mission systems to deliver next-generation integrated Counter UAS.

The Japanese government has created a draft public-private investment roadmap for small drones and is examining a raft of other measures to adapt to the “new ways of warfighting” on display in the Ukraine and Iran conflicts | Corey Lee Bell

Embraer and Bharat Forge have signed a contract for the supply of forged raw materials.

Latrobe City Council has appointed Yarra Drones to design and establish an Advanced Air Mobility Command Centre at Latrobe Regional Airport, supported by funding from the Victorian State Government.  

By the time this article is published Lendlease expects to have finished all but a tiny portion of two separate contracts for Defence at RAAF Base Tindal in the Northern Territory | Gregor Ferguson

Few current Australian defence capabilities have experienced as long a period of gestation as the C-27J Spartan light tactical aircraft | Max Blenkin