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News - Royal Australian Air Force

  • Training

    New KC-46 training scheme unveiled

    17th April 2020

    Despite the travails surrounding the USAF's KC-46 Pegasus tanker programme, the training show goes on and has just gathered pace. FlightSafety Services Corporation (FSC), the …

  • Defence Notes

    South America takes on coronavirus

    25th March 2020

    South America’s defence sector has increased its efforts in the regional fight against the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. In Colombia, the Science and Technology Corporation …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Indian Army loiters with intent

    17th March 2020

    The Indian Army released a global RfI on 6 March for approximately 100 man-portable loitering munitions that possess a line-of-sight range of at least 15km. …

  • Digital Battlespace

    HAMMR time: Northrop demonstrates missile defence capability

    11th March 2020

    Northrop Grumman has successfully demonstrated its Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission Radar (HAMMR) during a test at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. A HAMMR system was …

  • Defence Notes

    ST Engineering shows ‘robust’ start to FY2020

    20th April 2020

    ST Engineering secured $1.6 billion of new contracts in Q1 of FY2020 for its Aerospace and Electronics sectors. In total, new Aerospace contracts equated to …

  • Defence Notes

    Finland bars defence officials after drawing HX consultant red line

    22nd April 2020

    A select number of former high-ranking military and political officials have been excluded from making direct contact, or acting in a negotiating capacity, with Finland’s …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Russia's satellite-killing capabilities make headway

    2nd May 2020

    Gen John Raymond, head of US Space Command (USSPACECOM), declared on 15 April that Russia has conducted another direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile test, although official …

  • Air Warfare

    MiG Aircraft Corporation secures G-force protection patent

    4th March 2020

    Russia’s MiG Aircraft Corporation secured a patent for its new G-force protection system. The new system would allow fighter pilots to monitor the G-force without …

  • Air Warfare

    SNC to enhance USAF light fighter capability

    9th March 2020

    Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been granted an undefinitised contract to provide A-29 Super Tucano ground support equipment, training logistical support and sustainment activities to …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Lockheed Martin to support RAN Romeos

    4th February 2020

    Lockheed Martin has received a contract from US Naval Air Systems Command to sustain the operational capability of 24 Royal Australian Navy MH-60 Romeo helicopters. …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Japan wins order for Philippine air surveillance radars

    11th March 2020

    Japanese firm Mitsubishi Electric was issued a notice of award by the Philippines on 4 March to supply four radars to complete air surveillance coverage …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Royal Navy Merlin Mk2s hunt subs in the Ionian Sea

    26th February 2020

    The Royal Navy’s Merlin Mk2 helicopters are being put through their paces during NATO’s annual test of anti-submarine forces in the Ionian Sea. The Flying …

  • Defence Notes

    Russian industry feels the pinch from COVID-19

    27th April 2020

    According to information circulated by the Russian media and confirmed to Shephard, several officials working at the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) headquarters in Moscow have …

  • Naval Warfare

    Textron to build more SSC hovercraft

    17th April 2020

    US Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Textron a $386.28 million contract modification to build 15 more Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) hovercraft. Work will be completed by January 2025 …

  • Air Warfare

    RTAF lays out future plans in formal white paper

    21st February 2020

    On 20 February, the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) took the novel step of releasing a 100-page white paper. It lists procurement plans over the …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Air: helicopter flight simulators

    Australian Defence Force MRH90 Training

    As prime contractor for the ADF's MRH90 training programme, CAE has provided two MRH90 full-flight mission simulators (FFMS), training facilities and engineering and support services. ...

  • Trainer

    King Air trainer

    Textron / Beechcraft King Air trainers are a family twin-engine aircraft based on King Air 90, 100, 200 and 350 utility aircraft. The King Air ...

  • AMAS

    AMAS – Australian Minesweeping System – was developed with the assistance of the Defence Science & Technology Organisation and the Royal Australian Navy. It adopts ...

  • Air: air combat simulators

    RAAF Hawk Mk 127 FMS

    Under subcontract to BAE Systems, CAE is designing and manufacturing three Hawk Mk 127 full-mission simulators (FMS) for the Royal Australian Air Force that will ...

  • Air: Electronic Attack - Jamming

    NGJ

    Raytheon's Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) was selected by the USN in 2013 to replace the legacy ALQ-99 systems used on the EA-18G electronic attack aircraft. ...

  • Air: Defensive Systems - Radar Warning Receivers

    AN/ALQ-210

    Lockheed Martin’s AN/ALQ-210 is an Electronic Support Measure (ESM) outfitting the Sikorsky MH-60R Romeo naval support helicopter. The manufacturer’s official literature says that the product ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini

    Wanderer

    The Wanderer is a low-altitude, low-cost, long-endurance UAV produced in-house by the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) Jericho Disruptive Innovation Group and the Australian Government's Defense Science ...

  • Air: Integrated Defensive Systems

    Air-5416 Project Echidna

    BAE Systems’ commenced its work on the Australian Department of Defence’s Air-5416 Project Echidna initiative in 2001. The rationale of the programme was to overhaul ...

  • Light attack

    Hawk 200

    The Hawk 200 is a single-seat light attack iteration of the Hawk 100 (see separate entry) and Advanced Jet Trainer or AJT (see separate entry). ...

  • Air: chaff, flare and decoy systems

    Vicon-XF

    Thales’ Vicon-XF is a countermeasure dispensing system which can equip an array of platforms, primarily large aircraft and rotorcraft, according to the manufacturer’s official literature. ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    MQ-28A Ghost Bat

    Initially, as a multirole system to escort crewed aircraft, the MQ-28A Ghost Bat has been reimagined as a proving platform. Its development began in 2013 and ...

  • Maritime patrol

    Challenger 604

    Bombardier Challenger CL-604 MPAs are in service with the Royal Danish Air Force and the Korea Coast Guard. The first of three Danish aircraft entered ...

  • Air: UAV simulators

    Predator Mission Trainer (PMT)

    The CAE Predator Mission Trainer (PMT) is an integrated platform that combines the features of CAE's UAS mission trainer with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' Predator-specific ...

  • Air: COMINT and ELINT systems

    AN/ALR-2001

    BAE Systems’ AN/ALR-2001 Electronic Support Measure (ESM) is thought to be based on Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Elta Systems division’s EL/M-8382 ESM. The AN/ALR-2001 is ...

  • Loitering munitions

    Loitering Munition

    In July 2025, the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) unveiled an as-yet-unamnned loitering munition that had been developed through collaboration between the RTAF’s Navaminda Kasatriyadhiraj Air ...