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News - Royal Australian Air Force

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    US AFRL's Ultra LEAP UAS in flight demo

    19th December 2019

    The US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI) has completed a two and a half-day continuous flight demonstration of the Ultra Long …

  • Defence Notes

    BAE Systems, Renishaw sign MoU

    17th January 2020

    BAE Systems has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Renishaw to cooperate on the development of additive manufacturing capabilities for the defence and aerospace …

  • Military Logistics

    Boeing awarded P-8A contract modification

    13th January 2020

    Boeing has received a $42 million contract modification from US Naval Air Systems Command for integrated logistics services and site activation support for the P-8A …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Boeing contracted for targeting processor kits for US, Australian F/A-18s

    7th November 2019

    The US Navy has awarded Boeing $35.2 million to produce Distributed Targeting Processor-Network retrofit kits for the F/A-18 fighter.  It covers the delivery of kits …

  • Naval Warfare

    Fifth Guardian-class patrol boat delivered

    11th November 2019

    Austal has delivered the fifth Guardian-class patrol boat to the Australian Department of Defence, the company announced on 8 November. The vessel, RSIPV Gizo, has …

  • Naval Warfare

    RAN's third destroyer completes sea trials

    12th November 2019

    The Royal Australian Navy’s third Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD), NUSHIP Sydney, has completed sea trials, the Australian Department of Defence announced on 9 November. Final …

  • Land Warfare

    Leonardo announces new RAT31 DL order

    19th November 2019

    The Royal Thai Air Force has ordered an additional RAT 31DL air defence radar system from Leonardo, the company announced on 18 November. The long-range …

  • Military Logistics

    Work begins on Fiji wharf redevelopment

    4th December 2019

    Work has begun on a major upgrade to Stanley Brown Wharf in Suva, Fiji, under a programme being carried out with the Australian government. Australia …

  • Naval Warfare

    RAN landing helicopter docks achieve FOC

    12th November 2019

    The Royal Australian Navy’s fleet of landing helicopter docks have achieved final operational capability, the Australian Department of Defence announced on 12 November. The two …

  • Training

    I/ITSEC 2019: DCS&S success for Pitch

    27th November 2019

    BAE Systems owned Pitch Technologies has been awarded a contract from the UK’s DOTC(A) Core System and Services (DCS&S;) prime contractor, Boeing Defence UK, to …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Dstl working on CIRCE project

    22nd January 2020

    A joint mission to launch miniature sensors that will advance space weather measurement and modelling capabilities is being carried out by the Defence Science and …

  • Defence Notes

    What is the Tor-M1?

    10th January 2020

    To learn more about our Defence Insight service, arrange a free trial. With Western officials suggesting that Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was hit by …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Winning streak continues as Leonardo scoops USN trainer award

    14th January 2020

    Leonardo has beaten off competition from Airbus, Bell and two other contenders to win the USN’s TH-73A trainer helicopter programme, with its offer coming in $265 million …

  • Digital Battlespace

    BAE Systems proposes purchase of Collins Aerospace and Raytheon business lines

    21st January 2020

    BAE Systems has reached definitive agreements for the proposed acquisitions of Collins Aerospace’s military Global Positioning System (GPS) business and Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radios (ATR) …

  • Naval Warfare

    Indian Navy forced to do more with less

    5th December 2019

    India’s economy is forcing the Indian Navy (IN), which has been expanding its footprint, to restructure its procurement strategy. The IN’s share of the defence …

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 ...