The first F-35 deployment from the United States to the US Marine Corps’ Japan-based aviation forces has occurred.

Boeing Defence Australia has secured a $569 million contract for the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail surveillance aircraft.

Cirrus has announced it has obtained an extension to its support services subcontract with Jet Aviation Australia for its Air Combat Officer Training System (ACOTS).

Lockheed Martin has announced that the global F-35 fleet has flown for over one million hours. 

Logistics officials from the Royal Australian Air Force and the United States Air Force have toured Australia’s north with the aim of identifying strategically relevant bases.

The Japan Self Defense Forces have placed an order with Boeing for 17 CH-47JA Block II Chinooks Extended Range helicopters. 

Having recently won a contract to supply its Vector Small Unmanned Aerial Systems to Army, Quantum Systems Australia is on a growth path, as ADM’s Ben Felton found out at the recent Land Forces exhibition in Melbourne.

RAAF airbases around Australia are home to fleets of very expensive aircraft, all vulnerable to attack by small inexpensive uncrewed aerial systems (UAS or drones) of the type which have changed the face of modern warfare in Ukraine | Max Blenkin

Defence has begun a 12-month pilot program at RAAF Base East Sale, during which a variety of Australian Defence Force aircraft will trial the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel.

The Royal Australian Air Force's third MQ-4C Triton, A57-003, has wrapped up testing at Northrop Grumman's Palmdale facility and will now transit to Naval Air Station Patuxent River for calibration testing.

In November last year, ADM reported on Navy’s decision to purchase Edge 130 Blue Uncrewed Aerial Systems from US-based Red Cat Holdings. Now, new information has come to light.

The US Navy has disclosed that the service declared initial operational capability for the F/A-18 E/F Infrared Search and Track Block II system in November 2024.

Airbus has signed a contract with the French Direction Générale de l'Armement to conduct a risk assessment study for France's future maritime patrol aircraft program.  

Cirrus Real Time Processing Systems has secured a contract with an undisclosed European Union country to deliver its Air Combat Officer Training System.

Japan has purchased up to 16 AGM-158B/B-2 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles with Extended Range (JASSM-ER) for $39 million, according to a notification from the US State Department.

The Royal Australian Air Force’s fleet of Airbus KC-30A multi-role tanker transport aircraft are undergoing a significant upgrade of their communications and crypto systems, which will improve interoperability and meet new operational requirements | Nigel Pittaway