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RAAF's Super Hornets will benefit from an upgrade of engine test cells at RAAF Bases Amberley and Williamtown. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.
News Royal Australian Air Force Sovereign industry 

New lease of life for aircraft engine testing

25/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2121 Views 1 Comment EA-18G Growler, F/A-18F Super Hornet, RAAF Amberley, TAE Aerospace

TAE Aerospace will upgrade the test system for the F414 engines that power the RAAF’s Super Hornet and Growler aircraft.

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A RAAF EA-18G Growler. Photo by Sergeant Guy Young
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

Aussie ingenuity powers increased fighter-engine work

09/11/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1857 Views 0 Comments

Australian business TAE Aerospace has significantly increased its share of maintenance work on the F414 engines that power the RAAF’s

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One of the first two Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning Joint Strike Fighters flies overhead RAAF Base Williamtown on delivery day. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

First routine F-35 engine maintenance in Australia

20/07/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3618 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II

Australia’s defence industry continues to fly high with a key milestone reached in the maintenance of the RAAF’s new F-35 fighter jets.

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Joint Strike fighter A35-011 from Number 3 Squadron departs for a night sortie from RAAF Base Williamtown. Photo by Sergeant David Gibbs.
Australian News Science & Technology 

Qld company first JSF engine maintainers outside USA

21/02/202023/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2590 Views 0 Comments

Queensland’s TAE Aerospace has become the first company outside the USA to repair a Pratt & Whitney F135 engine from an

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Air Vice Marshal Leigh Gordon, Kevin Kirkpatrick, Andrew Sanderson, Steve Ciobo at TAE Aerospace's new engine-maintenance facility. TAE Aerospace photo.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

Breaking ground on F-35 engine-maintenance facility

15/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2955 Views 0 Comments F-35 Lightning, F135 engine, TAE Aerospace

TAE Aerospace yesterday held an event to mark the start of construction on its new aerospace facility in Bundamba, Queensland.

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An F-135 engine from a F-35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter. Supplied by TAE Aerospace.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

Asia-Pacific JSF engine maintenance an Ipswich Masters stroke

30/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3820 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II, F135 engine, Joint Strike Fighter, TAE Aerospace

TAE Aerospace has purchased a former Masters building near Ipswich and will transform the site into a state-of-the-art aerospace facility,

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds and Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price watch an F-35A handling display during the official opening of BAESA maintenance depot at Newcastle Airport. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

Politicians hijack significant F-35 program event

09/02/202109/02/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2606 Views 0 Comments

The first F-35A aircraft has been inducted into the BAE Systems maintenance depot in a major milestone for the Joint Strike Fighter Program.

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