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Mahindra to buy Boeing facility?

Indian industrial conglomerate Mahindra and Mahindra is reported to be looking at acquiring one of Boeing Australia's manufacturing facilities.

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End of F/A-18 CBR program

The Centre Barrel Replacement phase of the Classic Hornet Upgrade Program has been completed at the BAE Systems facility in Williamtown, NSW.

Another six RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets have arrived at RAAF Base Amberley following a four-day journey from Naval Air Station Lemoore, California.

Qantas Defence Services and the DMO have signed a three-year extension to the maintenance and support contract for the RAAF's C-130Hs.

The RAAF’s F/A-18F Super Hornets are not only bigger, heavier, and more powerful than the service’s capable but ageing F/A-18A/B ‘classic’ Hornet fighters, they’re also supported differently.

The capabilities outlined in the 2000 White Paper are beginning to come together.

The first locally trained pilots for the C-17A Globemaster II have graduated form the Boeing-run training centre at RAAF base Amberley.

Canberra-based technology company Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited (EOS) has signed an exclusive agreement with its part-owner, Northrop Grumman, to bid for the third phase of the US Army’s Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) program.

Last year’s announcement that the ADF would be among the first to order the F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter has triggered a ramp-up in the activities and infrastructure required to support the F-35A in Australian service.

The Heli & UV Pacific 2010 conference and exhibition, held on the Gold Coast in May this year, gave the helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industries an opportunity to discuss technology development and deployment.

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JSF pricing models explained

Lockheed Martin's JSF guru Tom Burbage was in country recently trying to explain the pricing models of the aircraft.

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LM, BAE sign local JSF support MOU

Lockheed Martin has selected BAE Systems Australia as its Australian partner for readiness and sustainment support for the F-35 Lightning II.

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USMC to field cargo UAS in 2011

The US Marine Corps plans to field a cargo unmanned aerial system by August 2011 that will fly almost exclusively at night to avoid enemy threats.

Lockheed Martin and Ferra Engineering have signed a Memorandum of Agreement on an Australian facility for JSF vertical tail production.

Nammo and Thales Australia signed a Letter of Intent at Eurosatory for a planned cooperation on the next-generation aircraft ammunition.

BAE Systems Australia, Boeing Defence Australia and Thales Australia are shortlisted for the Interim Basic Flying Training (IBFT) program.