The responsibility for maintaining the Airborne Insertion (Parachute) Capability has transferred from Army Forces Command to Special Operations Command.

One of the Australian Defence Force's longest-serving aircraft, the Caribou, is set to return to the skies with the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society.

Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare, announced this week that two organisations will preserve and display nine of the RAAF's Caribou aircraft and itsassociated equipment.

The Royal Australian Air Force has accepted the delivery of a fifth C-17 Globemaster III airlifter during a ceremony at Boeing's final assembly facility in Long Beach, California.

Defence Minister Stephen Smith sees that buying additional Super Hornets is an obvious and sensible, but not inevitable, solution to delays in the planned delivery of the new JSF.

A report by the UK's National Audit Office has listed some risks arising from the decision by the MoD to switch its Joint Strike Fighter selection from the F-35B STOVL version to the F-35C carrier version.

The Royal Australian Air Force's AP-3C Orion detachment has chalked up a remarkable milestone of 20,000 hours of operational missions in support of operations in the Middle East.

Australian construction company, Abigroup has won a national Defence contract to prepare RAAF airbases around Australia to receive the air force's next generation of fighter jets.

Insitu has announced that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system surpassed 500,000 combat flight hours and more than 56,000 combat sorties to deliver actionable intelligence.

The US Navy has awarded a contract to Avidyne Corporation to field a traffic collision avoidance system for the MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor out of concerns Osprey crews are having in Afghanistan.

The Department of Defence has launched the New Air Combat Capability Industry Support Program providing $8.2 million to support Australian industry and research organisations involved in the JSF Program.

Lockheed Martin's JSF program manager told media correspondents that the current fly-away price of the first 14 Australian aircraft would average out at $65 million.

BAE Systems reports that ADF pilots who took the controls of the AgustaWestland GrandNew helicopter at Nowra last week were enthusiastic about its handling and performance.

Insidedefense.com reports that the Pentagon's tethered-aerostat program, an $8.5 billion effort to detect cruise missiles and fast-moving aircraft, successfully completed its first endurance test last month.

The Royal Australian Air Force has successfully completed a series of bilateral flying operations with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force for the first time.

BAE Systems has completed a successful Production Readiness Review for manufacturing critical airframe components for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program.