BAE Systems has secured a new contract to provide vital usage monitoring services for the Royal Australian Air Force's F/A-18 Hornet fighters.

RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets, RAN guided-missile frigates and a Collins class submarine will patrol the South China Sea in a major military exercise.

Boeing has chosen Brisbane-based firm Ferra Engineering from more than 20 global suppliers to provide parts for its commercial aircraft.

Australia has signed an agreement with the US government to acquire a fifth Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter.

BAE Systems Australia has secured a new contract to provide vital usage monitoring services for the Royal Australian Air Force's F/A-18 Hornet fighters.

AAI recently announced that its Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS) have achieved in excess of 600,000 total flight hours.

Boeing earlier this month reached the milestone of supporting the Australian Army's 27 Bell 206B-1 Kiowa helicopters for more than 60,000 flight hours.

EADS and Airbus welcome the conclusion of contract amendment negotiations with OCCAR and the seven A400M launch customer nations.

The NZ government has announced its decision to withdraw from sale, surplus A-4K Skyhawk's, although it has yet to decide the future of its Aermacchi MB-339CB air trainer/light attack aircraft.

The Chilean Navy has taken delivery of the first Airbus Military C295 in its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) configuration.

In light of the recent Government Accountability Office report on the delays in the F-35 program, The Williams Foundation has raised some questions about what this means in the Australian context.

Defence is investigating the purchase of an additional C-17A Globemaster III airlifter under a US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) agreement, according to minister for defence Stephen Smith.

AgustaWestland and BAE Systems will establish a world-leading helicopter transmission test facility in Australia. The facility, known as a Multi-Purpose Test Bench (MPTB), will be the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere.

The DMO has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to provide integrated airfield and asset protection solutions for RAAF C-17 aircraft.

With a draft RFT only weeks (or possibly days) away, three rivals for the ADF’s Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) project – Air 9000 Ph 7 – declared themselves at Avalon last month.

The Melbourne SME has signed one of the biggest agreements so far of any Australian supplier on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, a Long Term Agreement (LTA) with BAE Systems PLC in the UK worth $790 million to manufacture 722 vertical tails for the F-35.