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News - Royal Australian Air Force

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    France commissions stratobus platform study

    9th January 2020

    Thales Alenia Space and Thales have signed a contract with the French defence procurement agency, DGA, to carry out a concept study for the use …

  • Training

    I/ITSEC 2019: Cubic to deliver P5 CTS for Typhoon customer

    4th December 2019

    Cubic Global Defense has announced that it is to deliver its P5 Combat Training System (CTS) to an international Eurofighter Typhoon customer. The contract was …

  • Training

    Iraqi Army training school reaches FOC

    27th November 2019

    The Iraqi Army School of Infantry NCO II (SINCO II) conducted a combined arms exercise during Exercise Talon Strike earlier this month at the Taji …

  • Digital Battlespace

    French Navy looks at step change in data sharing

    13th December 2019

    The French Navy is deepening its ability to share tactical situational awareness data via its Naval Cooperative Surveillance initiative.  The Veille Coopérative Navale (VCN/Naval Cooperative …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Osprey 50 radar flies for the first time

    2nd January 2020

    Leonardo has carried out the first flight trials of its Osprey 50 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. The flight trials were carried out in …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Cerberus at the gate

    24th December 2019

    The French government has announced the completion of test flights for its aerostat-based CERBERE signals intelligence system, nine years after the programme first got underway. …

  • Land Warfare

    First batch of VN1 8x8s arrive in Thailand

    10th December 2019

    Norinco has delivered 34 VN1 8x8 armoured vehicles to the Royal Thai Army (RTA), these reaching Thailand on 2 December. Afterwards, they will undergo performance …

  • Military Logistics

    Future USNS Harvey Milk build begins

    19th December 2019

    Construction of the US Navy’s future USNS Harvey Milk began at the General Dynamics-National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) shipyard on 13 December. The John …

  • Naval Warfare

    Taiwan tests missiles and integrates Mk 41 VLS

    17th January 2020

    Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology (NCSIST) successfully launched two Hsiung Feng III (HF-III) anti-ship missiles from the Jiu Peng Missile Range on …

  • Training

    I/ITSEC 2019: Spanish Air Force opts for PC-21

    2nd December 2019

    Spain is set to acquire 24 Pilatus PC-21 turboprop training aircraft to replace its ageing Casa Aviojet C-101 jet trainers.

  • Defence Notes

    RAF Typhoons arrive in Iceland

    14th November 2019

    Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons from 1(Fighter) Squadron have arrived in Iceland to carry out the Icelandic NATO Air Policing Mission.The fighters will spend the …

  • Naval Warfare

    RAAF looks at AI for low-cost SAR

    1st November 2019

    The Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF’s) Plan Jericho initiative has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) prototype called Ai-Search to improve airborne search and rescue (SAR) …

  • Land Warfare

    Romania signs framework contract for Iveco trucks

    10th January 2020

    Iveco Defence Vehicles has signed a framework agreement with the Romanian Ministry of National Defence for more than 2,900 high mobility trucks. The framework contract …

  • Defence Notes

    Singapore requests F-35B from US

    10th January 2020

    The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale of F-35B Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft to Singapore. …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Raytheon working on Competency Aware Machine Learning

    14th January 2020

    Raytheon has received a $6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to developing machine learning technology, the company announced on 13 …

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 ...