Lockheed Martin is promoting its LM-100J multi-purpose freighter, a civil derivative of the C-130J Super Hercules airlifter, at the Avalon airshow, with the company aiming to attract orders from existing L-100 customers and new operators looking for an aircraft to support niche missions. The LM-100J will be able to operate from short, unprepared airfields without
South Australian Minister for Defence Martin Hamilton-Smith has officially launched at the Avalon Airshow a new alliance that aims to reposition local industry on the global stage as rapid changes in technology and business practices take hold across the aerospace industry. Speaking to a capacity crowd following an Australia-UK Industry Roundtable, Hamilton-Smith said: “It is
Air New Zealand is paying out a 6.5c (NZD) dividend after pre-tax underlying earnings rose by 20 per cent to NZ$216 million in the first half of the airline’s 2015 financial year, despite statutory net profit after tax dropping by 6 per cent to NZ$133 million. A significant part of the reduced profit was NZ$14 million in losses
Joint Strike Fighter Program Executive Officer Lieutenant-General Christopher Bogdan says the JSF program continues to make “good, slow and steady progress” towards a number of key milestones. Speaking at the Avalon International Airshow, LtGen Bogdan says the program continues to hold to its 2010/11 re-baselined schedule, and that since that time, no milestones have shifted
Bright ideas and hard work have paid off for the six winners of the latest Aerospace Australia Innovation Awards, presented at the Avalon Airshow this week. The winning entries include a company that has revolutionised the making of advanced carbon fibre deposits and a small software house’s world-leading development of an electronic flight planning system.
The RAAF’s fleet of eight King Air 350 air combat officer (ACO) training aircraft, operated by 32 Squadron at RAAF Base East Sale, Victoria, recently chalked up 50,000 flying hours in service. Supplied and supported by Hawker Pacific, the fleet has been operational since 2003, providing the airborne platform for air combat officer and Royal
