Boeing has completed production of the first RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet that has the capability to be converted into an electronic attack aircraft.

Australia and other international partners in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program have been warned that their industrial participation could be affected if firm commitments to buy the aircraft are delayed or amended.

Boeing Australia Component Repairs (BACR) has signed a contract of undisclosed value with the Defence to repair and refurbish structural components for the RAAF’s ‘classic’ F/A-18 A/B Hornet fleet.

Norwegian aerospace company Kongsberg has signed a NOK270 million contract with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to manufacture 62 shipsets of titanium and composite tail fin and rudder components for the F-35C carrier-borne variant of the Joint Strike Fighter.

Boeing and the US Navy have begun flight testing a Distributed Targeting System for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Advanced Weapons Lab in China Lake.

Lockheed Martin has successfully conducted the first flight of the F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) on the Joint Strike Fighter project’s Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATBird).

The latest variant of Lockheed Martin’s multi-purpose Hellfire II missile, the AGM-114R, or ‘Romeo’, has struck and destroyed a stationary tank target in its third proof-of-principle flight test, a ground-launch test configured to simulate launch from an unmanned aerial system (UAS).

The US Navy’s P-8A maritime patrol aircraft program has received approval to begin low rate production.

Raytheon Australia has teamed with Bell Helicopter to bid for project Air 9000 Phase 7 - Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS), which will provide the future rotary wing training capability for Navy and Army.

BAE Systems has announced that it will pursue the US Air Force’s Advanced Pilot Training Family of Systems program with what it terms the world’s most advanced and successful fast jet training system, the proven Hawk Advanced Jet Training System.

On September 7, the French Navy took delivery of its second NH90 Caiman Marine helicopter, to be used for anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare.

Defence is to seek short-term commercial arrangements to maintain the continuity of support to its airlift support needs to the Middle East.

Pratt & Whitney and Production Parts have signed a new contract for the manufacture of a critical engine component for the JSF F135 propulsion system.

China is believed to be working towards an advanced jet that could potentially match the capabilities of the F-22 Raptor and the upcoming F-35 JSF.

L-3 Link Simulation & Training has sold its Advanced Helmet Mounted Display to Raytheon Australia in support of the RAAF's Hornet Aircrew Training System.

Allegations have surfaced that the successful tenderer for the 2005 Defence contract for Air Support Services to the MEAO received inside help.