The RAAF’s AGM-158A Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-Off Missile (JASSM) has achieved its Final Operational Capability (FOC), Minister for Defence, Senator David Johnston has announced. The weapon – which is built by Lockheed Martin and is also in use by the USAF – was acquired under Project AIR 5418 to give the RAAF’s classic Hornet fleet a
The Australian arm of New Zealand-based regional airline Vincent Aviation has entered receivership, with all flights cancelled with immediate effect and the futures of the airline’s 80 staff thrown into question. “On Wednesday 28 May 2014, Andrew Fielding and Gerald Collins of BDO Business Recovery & Insolvency (Qld) Pty Ltd were appointed receivers and managers
Qantas flight QF27 left Sydney for Santiago on Wednesday afternoon sporting a few special features in recognition of some special passengers on board. Clues that this was no ordinary flight were found on the tail, where a pair of gold footy boots hung over the flying kangaroo, while a football was painted at the rear
The Commonwealth and the owners of Kingsford-Smith Airport have begun discussions over the size and layout of a proposed second Sydney airport, a Senate estimates hearing has heard. The Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development has started preliminary talks with Sydney Airport about the proposed new airport at Badgerys Creek. However, the discussions are not part
An Airbus A350 test aircraft has completed a series of cold weather testing at the USAF’s McKinley Climatic Laboratory in Florida. Aircraft MSN002 and its systems were subjected to temperatures between +45 degrees and -40 degrees Celsius during the tests which are designed to prove the aircraft’s ability to withstand a prolonged hot or cold
An upgrade to the ADF’s Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) has achieved a final operational capability (FOC), Defence Minister David Johnston has announced. Senator Johnston said the successful delivery of Project JP 2025 Phase 5 has improved JORN’s over-the-horizon-radar performance and its integration with the wider Defence command and control and intelligence networks. “The
