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A prototype helmet design (not the SORD Australia model) on display at Australia’s main base in the Middle East. Photo by Corporal Max Bree.

SORD Australia wins helmet-development contract

13/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3545 Views 0 Comments

SORD Australia has been awarded a $338k contract to develop a concussion-reduction helmet that aims to better protect members of the ADF.

Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A wins Australian submarine competition.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology

Highly charged competition could see Greek-designed batteries in Australia’s new submarines

13/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3760 Views 0 Comments

Australian and Greek companies are now competing to design the main storage batteries for the Australia’s future Attack-class submarines.

HMAS Arunta fires an Evolved Sea Sparrow missile off the coast of Western Australia to test its missile systems after undergoing the Anzac Midlife Capability Assurance Program upgrade. Photo by Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.

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HMAS Arunta fires Evolved Sea Sparrow

12/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4332 Views 0 Comments

Following a 20-month upgrade, Royal Australian Navy warship HMAS Arunta has fired its first Evolved Sea Sparrow missile off the coast of Western Australia.

Petty Officer Aviation Technician Avionics Rodney Ferreira, stands by the Schiebel S-100 Camcopter before a flight at Jervis Bay airfield. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Cameron Martin.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology

822X Squadron flies two different UAVs at the same time

12/03/202019/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3628 Views 0 Comments

Navy’s 822X Squadron reached a milestone in its development on the 25 Feb 2020 when it flew simultaneous missions of two different unmanned aircraft types.

Artist's impression of the Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions forge near Maryborough, Queensland. NIOA image.

ADF Australian News Science & Technology

Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions begin construction this week

11/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3135 Views 0 Comments

BADGE Constructions will begin building Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions’ new $60m state-of-the-art munitions forging facility in the Fraser Coast region soon.

Australian and Fijian delegations at the handover of a new Guardian-class patrol boat to Fiji. Photo from Minister Reynolds' Facebook page.

Australian News Overseas Pacific Science & Technology

Fiji accepts Australian-gifted patrol boat

06/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3701 Views 0 Comments

Australia has handed over the newest Guardian-class patrol boat to Fiji at a ceremony today at Austal Shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia.

Able Seaman Electronics Technician Liam Walker talks about HMAS Hobart's 5-inch gun with attendees of the HMAS Hobart Open Day during a port visit in Melbourne, Victoria. Photo by Able Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology

Hobart opened to public in Melbourne

06/03/202006/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2661 Views 0 Comments

The Royal Australian Navy showcased the guided-missile destroyer HMAS Hobart last weekend, with an open day in Melbourne.

A pair of RAAF EA-18G Growlers en route to the Australian International Airshow at Avalon. Photo by Sergeant Mick Both.

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National Electronic Warfare Centre for South Australia

06/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1776 Views 0 Comments

A new National Electronic Warfare Centre will be established as part of a $5 million initiative to grow the electronic-warfare defence workforce.

An RAAF F-35A at RAAF Base Williamtown. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology USA

500th JSF delivered – 250,000 hrs flown

05/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1861 Views 0 Comments F-35 Lightning

Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office delivered the 500th F-35 this week – while the world F-35 fleet has surpassed 250,000 flight hours.

A No. 77 Squadron F/A-18A Hornet taxis at Andersen Air Force Base during Exercise Cope North 20 in Guam. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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RAAF sells remaining F/A-18s to US military contractor

05/03/202026/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6585 Views 0 Comments

Defence has sold “up to 46” soon-to-be retired RAAF F/A-18 ‘classic’ Hornets to a commercial air combat training company in America.

A RAAF E/A-18G Growler, from No. 6 Squadron. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.

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Boeing Super Hornet and Growler maintenance contract extended

04/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2211 Views 0 Comments

Boeing Defence Australia’s contract to maintain Super Hornet and Growler aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley has been extended for four years.

Two Lear Jets (now LearJATTS?), based in Nowra, NSW, used as air targets and opposing forces for ADF training and exercises. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

ADF Australian News Science & Technology

JATTS cracker-contract to deliver real (and virtual) air enemy

29/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2374 Views 0 Comments

Defence recently signed a $330 million dollar contract with Raytheon Australia to deliver Joint Adversarial Training and Testing Services (JATTS)

Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Michael Noonan, Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds and Commander Ted Seymour, Commanding Office of NUSHIP Sydney, as the Royal Australian Navy marked the delivery of its third Air Warfare Destroyer. Photo by Kym Smith.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology

Final Air Warfare Destroyer handed over to Navy

28/02/202028/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5115 Views 1 Comment Air Warfare Destroyer

Navy’s final Air Warfare Destroyer – NUSHIP Sydney – was officially handed over to Defence In a moving ceremony today at Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide.

Six RAAF F-35A Lightning Its are expected to make touch-and-go landings at Richmond on 26 February 2020.

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F-35A at Richmond – 26 Feb 2020

25/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2388 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II

Six Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs from RAAF Base Williamtown will conduct diversion training into RAAF Base Richmond on 26 Feb 2020.

A Pratt and Whitney F135 Engine being removed from A35-017 at RAAF Base Williamtown. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.

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First homegrown F-35A engine removal

25/02/202025/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5901 Views 1 Comment F-35A Lightning II

The first removal of an F135 engine from an F-35A Lightning II by a Royal Australian Air Force unit happened RAAF Base Williamtown recently.

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.

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Aus/UK open splinter F-35 Reprogramming Laboratory

25/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3778 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II

Australia and the UK have officially opened an Australian and United Kingdom F-35 Reprogramming Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

Non-related Northrop Grumman satellite. Video screen-grab.

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Northrop Grumman developing Space Force protected SATCOMs

25/02/202025/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2097 Views 0 Comments

Northrop Grumman has been selected by the US Space Force to develop a Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS) rapid prototype payload for on-orbit demonstration.