The Republic of Korea has confirmed it has selected the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II to fulfil its F-X requirement. Korea announced it would buy 40 F-35As at a projected cost of US$6.8bn (A$7.44bn), beating out bids from Boeing with its F-15SE, and the Eurofighter Typhoon by Airbus Military. “We are honoured by and appreciate
Northrop Grumman says it has completed the first stage of flight testing of the US Navy’s new MQ-4C Triton maritime surveillance system. The first stage involved envelope expansion and validating work, and was conducted out of Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale facility in California. A second aircraft is due to fly soon, and both aircraft will soon
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has announced that satellite evidence has shown without doubt that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had crashed in the southern Indian Ocean off the southwest coast of Australia. In an unscheduled Monday evening media conference which was attended by reletiaves of the 239 passengers on board, Mr Rajak said: “With
RMIT University has established a new simulation and test laboratory that is intended to enable researchers to work with the aviation industry on the development of new technologies. The $200,000 laboratory, which is part of the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering’s Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace Centre in Bundoora, was developed in conjunction with
Two Chinese military Ilyushin Il-76s touched down at Perth Airport on Saturday to help take part in international search efforts for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. The Il-76s flew into Perth Airport from Malaysia and soon after relocated to RAAF Base Pearce. The two aircraft are due to join the
An interim report on an incident in which a UK Royal Air Force (RAF) Voyager A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport rapidly lost altitude has concluded that “human factors” rather than technical issues were to blame. It appears that a pitch-down command inadvertently resulted when a digital camera became jammed between an armrest and the captain’s side-stick
