Australia's largest contribution to annual US-led humanitarian assistance mission Pacific Partnership 2010 has concluded in Papua New Guinea.

Australia will be allowed to receive the technology to turn its fitted-for-but-not-with Super Hornets into the electronic attack variant, according to new reports.

Boeing Australia Component Repairs has signed a contract to repair and refurbish structural components for the Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 A/B fleet.

Under a $300 million contract, signed in 2007, Russia is to complete the delivery of three Su-30MK2 and three Su-27SKM fighters to Jakarta by the end of 2010.

More than 20 Australian companies are contributing manufacturing, design, software, tooling, training and other capabilities to the Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF program.

Pratt & Whitney has selected Broens Industries to design and manufacture a critical piece of ground support equipment for the F135 engine powering the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft.

Cobham Australia’s billion-dollar Sentinel program sees the company manage a turnkey solution for the Customs/Defence agency, Border Protection Command (BPC).

Northrop Grumman has delivered the operational software package for the AN/AAQ-37 Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (EO-DAS) to Lockheed Martin for integration into the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.

In the counter-IED battle, prying useful information from recorded surveillance data for indications of covert activities by insurgents – including IED placement – is a time consuming task with heavy demand on scarce analytical resources.

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress in July of a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Australia of 24 MH-60R Seahawk ‘Romeo’ Multi-Mission Helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $2.1 billion.

A mix of modern and ageing aircraft coupled with a demanding rate of effort makes maintenance and support of Air Lift Group’s C-130 medium transports a complex undertaking.

The three EC665 Tiger HAP helicopters operated by the French Army’s 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment in Afghanistan have logged over 1,000 flight hours in 12 months.

Boeing Defence Australia has modified the 32nd wing pylon under the RAAF F/A-18 Hornet Upgrade Phase 2.3 program, meeting requirements for the project's IOC milestone.

Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Mark Binskin has hosted his counterparts from the US, UK and Canada for a series of key strategic meetings in Australia.

HQ USAF Directorate of Operations has endorsed Boeing's C-130 Avionics Modernization Program, including Head-Up Display and Head-Down Primary Flight Display.

The US Navy's P-8A Poseidon new submarine hunting aircraft program has received approval to begin low rate production.