by plsedv | Feb 28, 2019 | Air
JASDF Takes Delivery of 7th Kawasaki C-2 Transport Aircraft The Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) has recently taken delivery of its 7th C-2 transport aircraft from manufacturer Kawasaki Heavy Industries this week. Up to 30 aircraft are expected that...
by plsedv | Feb 28, 2019 | Training & Simulation
22 of 49 Aircraft Delivered to Date, First 10 Students in the Air The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has begun ab initio pilot training with its newly-acquired Pilatus PC-21 aircraft, Tim Fish reports for MONCh from Avalon 2019 in Geelong. The RAAF has taken...
by plsedv | Feb 28, 2019 | Air
Land 2097 Phase 4 programme bid with both Bell 429 & Bell 407 Australian Special Operations Forces (SOF) are seeking to procure new light and attack helicopters for special missions. The requirement was identified in the Defence White Paper of 2016 and it...
by plsedv | Feb 28, 2019 | Unmanned
Aggressive Marketing Approach Paying Dividends After a remarkably successful exposure at IDEX in Abu Dhabi last week, South African defence manufacturer Milkor announced from Avalon in Australia on 27 February that it is pursuing a $100 million potential order from an...
by plsedv | Feb 27, 2019 | Training & Simulation
CAE Leverages UAS Experience to Develop Solutions for ADF As MONCh has already reported from Avalon, (here and here) the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI)-led Team REAPER, established at Avalon two years ago to support the company’s bid for the Australian...