Defence has signed an Edinburgh Aerospace Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Enterprise Common Services Deed with Airbus Australia Pacific to create a common workforce for niche trades at RAAF Edinburgh.

An RAF Voyager – the military variant of the Airbus A330 commercial jetliner – took to the skies above RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, England, on Wednesday powered completely by 100 per cent Sustainable Aviation Fuel on both engines.

On 1 November, ADM reported Defence’s announcement of more Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules for the RAAF. While the release did not go into very much detail, recent documents have since shed a little more light on the project.

The US Air Force’s announcement to start winding down its two squadrons of forward-deployed F-15 Eagle interceptors from an airbase in Japan without specifying a permanent replacement has attracted controversy.

Northrop Grumman has signed a six-year agreement with Quickstep Holdings for the supply of components to support the global aerospace program.

The RAAF is to get two new Boeing 737-BBJ VIP aircraft, to replace the existing pair which have been in service since 2002.

The government has signed a Facility Services Deed worth more than $100 million with BAE Systems Australia to expand the F-35A depot maintenance capability at Newcastle Airport.

Defence is replacing and expanding its current medium air mobility fleet of 12 C-130J Hercules aircraft with more C-130J aircraft under Project Air 7404 Phase 1.

The government has signed a Commonwealth Avionics Upgrade Acquisition Contract for the C-27J Spartan Light Tactical Fixed Wing fleet.

The government has approved the addition of one defence capability project and the removal of another project from Defence’s Projects of Concern list.

Boeing has signed a Head Agreement with the New Zealand Defence Force to support its new fleet of P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.

Since being contracted in May 2021, DC Roberts Aircraft has repaired 15 starter generators and slashed repair times, returning overhauled generators in an average of just seven weeks.

Lockheed Martin Australia this morning announced the creation of a secure National Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) Ecosystem in Australia, investing $74 million in the facility.

Northrop Grumman Australia (NGA) has confirmed it submitted its response to Air 6500 Phase 1 Joint Air Battle Management System (JABMS), Competitive Evaluation Process Stage 2 (CEP2).

Rohde & Schwarz Australia has completed its scope of work as communications systems integrator (CSI) for the Air Ground Air Transition (AGAT) project lead by BAE Systems, or Air 5431 Phase 3.

Lockheed Martin Australia has signed C4i for a contract as part of a proposal to deliver advanced secure communication capabilities to support the RAAF's Air 6500 Phase 1 program.