Embraer's C-390 Millennium multi-mission aircraft yesterday achieved Full Operational Capability, in a ceremony held at the Gavião Peixoto Unit in São Paulo, in the presence of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) High Command.

Native to Australia and noted for its sophisticated multi-spectral sensors, the Ghost Bat can detect and hunt prey both in the air and on the ground. What’s more, it teams together in large numbers to confuse and overwhelm its adversaries.

Australia’s Triton remotely piloted maritime surveillance program took a step closer to reality in September 2022 with the rollout of the first aircraft from Northrop Grumman’s facility in Palmdale California.

Airbus Defence and Space and the company’s subsidiary, Airbus UpNext, have achieved in-flight autonomous guidance and control of a drone using an A310 MRTT.

Exercise Cope North 2023 wrapped up in March with smaller tactical airlifters playing a critical enabling role.

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency has ordered an additional Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport, increasing the Multinational MRTT Fleet to 10 aircraft.

Beca has been selected by Manatū Kaupapa Waonga - New Zealand Ministry of Defence to develop P-8A Poseidon training courses for the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

The Canadian Government has selected the Boeing P-8A Poseidon to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force’s ageing fleet of Lockheed CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft, which has been in service since 1980.

The Commonwealth has awarded CAE Australia a long-term contract to deliver comprehensive training and sustainment support services under the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Aerospace Simulator Integrated Support and Training (ASIST) program.

The first two of the RAAF’s 33 Hawk Mk.127 Lead-In Fighter Trainers (LIFTs) were upgraded with new engines in January 2023 and after the completion of test and evaluation activities, re-equipping the rest of the fleet will get underway in September.

The Air 5428 program is a long-standing, multifaceted effort by Defence to build a modern aircrew training capability for the ADF, beginning in the 2000s before the Commonwealth had settled on the F-35A Lightning II as its next fighter aircraft.

Australia’s capability gap in Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) training could be met with the new Phoenix JTAC Training Solution (PJTS) from company SiNAB Pty Ltd.

Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles today officially opened Northrop Grumman Australia’s newly-modernised Brisbane Maintenance and Modification Centre, a major facility for the sustainment of the RAAF's aviation capability.

Leonardo and Armaereo, the Italian Defence Ministry’s Air Force Armament and Airworthiness Directorate, have signed a contract as part of the Italian Air Force’s C-27J Spartan fleet upgrade.

Shortly before the end of last year, Defence confirmed that the Royal Australian Air Force’s Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II will achieve Final Operational Capability (FOC) by the end of 2023.

In a media release that somewhat pre-empted the forthcoming Defence Strategic Review, Defence announced in November 2022 that the government will “expand and replace” the RAAF’s current Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules fleet with more C-130J-30s.