The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has deployed a C-27J Spartan aircraft and personnel to participate in Exercise Cope North in Guam, from 8 to 24 February 2023.

The early retirement of the last three P-3K2 Orion maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) from the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) will leave a six-month gap in capability.

The Royal Australian Air Force has deployed up to five EA-18G Growler aircraft from No. 6 Squadron and approximately 100 aviators in support of the exercise.

Lockheed Martin has awarded a contract worth over A$1.6 million to BAE Systems Australia to establish a regional warehouse to sustain F-35s.

New regional partnerships are being forged in response to the growing threat of China’s expansionist policies in the Indo-Pacific and a number of these were in evidence during the recent Pitch Black air combat exercise in the Northern Territory.

With two-thirds of the RAAF’s Wedgetail fleet now upgraded under the incremental Air 5077 Phase 5A program, there is work underway to expand its Air Battle Management (ABM) capabilities even further.

The Government of Canada announced yesterday it is procuring Lockheed Martin’s 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II aircraft as a result of the Future Fighter Capability Project competition.

The German Ministry of Defense has announced it is procuring 35 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft.

The Royal Australian Air Force has aided in the delivery of 200 humanitarian bundles in the latest Operation Christmas Drop, a United States Pacific Air Forces-led activity to support remote communities across the West Pacific.

Boeing has awarded Lufthansa Technik a contract for sustainment services within its support of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) future fleet of four P-8A aircraft that 'will leverage commercial capabilities to improve readiness rates'.

Germany’s Bundeswehr, Airbus, the German Aerospace Center DLR, and German companies SFL and Geradts have jointly carried out the world’s first successful launch and operation of a Remote Carrier flight test demonstrator from a flying A400M.

In the Defence, Foreign Affairs & Trade Senate Estimates hearing on 9 November, Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Robert Chipman defended the selection of the Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules as the RAAF’s future Medium Air Mobility Aircraft (MAMA).

QinetiQ has announced completion of the acquisition of Air Affairs Australia. The business will be a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ Australia.

In a first for Australia, the Republic of Korea Air Force has confirmed that the ROKAF Black Eagles Aerobatic Team, one of the world’s most highly regarded military jet display teams, will perform at the Australian International Airshow 2023.

In the days following February 24, 2022, it seemed almost inevitable that Russia would suppress Ukrainian air defences and quickly achieve air superiority – the basic first steps of an invasion.

Boeing has been awarded a contract to deliver two additional KC-46A Pegasus tankers to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), bringing the total on contract for Japan to six.