Australia appoints Raytheon to support Super Hornet and Growler training
Raytheon Australia and Milskil will provide electronic attack air combat training support for the likes of this F/A-18F Super Hornet. (Gordon Arthur)
Training support for Australian Super Hornet and Growler aircraft has been placed in the hands of Raytheon Australia.
Raytheon Australia had been awarded a contract to upgrade and expand air combat training support for the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) F/A-18F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler fleets, it was announced on 1 August.
The contract, focusing on electronic attack air combat training support, is worth A$109.7 million ($75.8 million). It came into force on 1 August.
Air Cdre Leanne Lee, Director General Aerospace Combat Systems, commented: ‘This initial five-year A$109.7 million contract will deliver ground-based simulator training support including maintenance and engineering, as well as aircrew training services such as instruction, courseware development and force generation tasks.’
She added
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