Tag: RAAF
Australia commits to local ammunition manufacturing
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) announced on 6 October that the government it will invest A$220 million in state-owned munitions production factories in...
Australia to acquire additional Triton UAV, upgrade P-8A MPAs
Australia has announced plans to boost its maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities with the planned acquisition of a fourth high-altitude long endurance...
Australia chooses TAE Aerospace for F414 engine test system upgrade
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) announced on 25 August that it has selected TAE Aerospace to upgrade the test system for the General...
JASDF readies F-35As for first overseas exercise
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) is readying its fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters for the type’s first international drill...
RAAF readies for Triton UAV operations
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has reactivated 9 Squadron on 11 June to prepare for the delivery of the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton...
Australian Strategic Defence Review moves to threat-focused strategy
Australia’s defence department released its long-awaited Defence Strategic Review (DSR) on 24 April 2023 that will transition the Australian Defence Force (ADF) toward a...
Workhorse Airways
Billed as the unglamorous role of most Air Forces, transports are the aircraft that no nation’s military can do without.
As tension grow in the...
Indra Delivers Deployable Air Traffic Management System to Royal Australian Air...
This solution will provide the RAAF the capacity to deploy airfield and airspace management capability anywhere in the world for Defence, humanitarian aid...
Next-generation EW pods for Australian Growlers under contract
Efforts to upgrade the Royal Australia Air Force (RAAF)’s Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft have advanced with a US$650.4 million sole-source contract for...
RAAF readies for Triton’s first flight in 2023
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has made another step in its progress to field Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton maritime-surveillance uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs)...