On September 7, the French Navy took delivery of its second NH90 Caiman Marine helicopter.

The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team will initiate testing on its fifth F136 development engine in 2010, executing a test schedule that positions the F136 program for flight testing next year in the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.

A groundbreaking cryogenic titanium machining process planned for use in the production of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter made its public debut at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2010 in Chicago.

To state that assembly of the MRH90 utility helicopters destined for the ADF takes place in Brisbane gives the impression of a relatively simple procedure; one in which large sections of aircraft are bolted or riveted together to create the completed product.

The second A330 Multi-Role Tanker-Transport to be converted in the Qantas facility at Brisbane has successfully performed its first Production Flight.

After years of negotiations between the US and Israel for the purchase of the F-35 fifth-generation fighter aircraft, the Letter of Offer and Acceptance has been signed.

Israel's defence ministry will not compromise on its demand to equip future Lockheed Martin F-35 JSFs with Israeli-made electronic warfare systems.

DSTO has developed software for Air Force C-130J aircraft to vastly improve the process of dynamic balancing of propellers to reduce vibration levels.

Australian Aerospace, which produces the MRH90s at its final assembly facility on Brisbane Airport, delivered its 13th MRH90 on 3 September 2010.

Boeing has completed production of the first RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet that has the capability to be converted into an electronic attack aircraft.

Australia and other international partners in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program have been warned that their industrial participation could be affected if firm commitments to buy the aircraft are delayed or amended.

Boeing Australia Component Repairs (BACR) has signed a contract of undisclosed value with the Defence to repair and refurbish structural components for the RAAF’s ‘classic’ F/A-18 A/B Hornet fleet.

Norwegian aerospace company Kongsberg has signed a NOK270 million contract with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to manufacture 62 shipsets of titanium and composite tail fin and rudder components for the F-35C carrier-borne variant of the Joint Strike Fighter.

Boeing and the US Navy have begun flight testing a Distributed Targeting System for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Advanced Weapons Lab in China Lake.

Lockheed Martin has successfully conducted the first flight of the F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) on the Joint Strike Fighter project’s Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATBird).

The latest variant of Lockheed Martin’s multi-purpose Hellfire II missile, the AGM-114R, or ‘Romeo’, has struck and destroyed a stationary tank target in its third proof-of-principle flight test, a ground-launch test configured to simulate launch from an unmanned aerial system (UAS).