By any measure, the Avalon 2023 Airshow was a huge success. In the following articles ADM’s team on the ground during the event aims to bring you the news behind all the press releases and hype.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) has achieved initial operational capability from the US Army.

The Royal Australian Air Force has completed air-to-air refuelling trials with Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15J and F-15DJ Eagle jets for the first time.

Leonardo Australia has achieved the AS9110 certification; a globally recognised quality management standard for the aerospace sector.

RAAF personnel embedded within the US Navy’s PMA-262 (Persistent Maritime Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Program Office have recently supported the deployment of Forward Operating Base equipment for the Navy’s Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Tritons to Guam.

Raytheon Technologies has announced the launch of RAIVEN, an electro-optical intelligent-sensing capability enabling pilots to have faster and more precise threat identification.

The United States Defense Department has approved Full Rate Production for Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) in a milestone for the US Army's air and missile defence modernisation.

As ADM readers will be aware, Defence’s Air 7003 (SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft system) was sacrificed in April 2022 to partially fund the Defence Signals Directorate’s $9.9 billion REDSPICE cybersecurity program.

One of the (sometimes overused) buzzwords about Australia’s ongoing defence modernisation efforts is the term “5th generation”, particularly in transforming the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) into a “5th generation air force”.

The new version of the aircraft, the A-29N, was revealed during the LAAD defence and security conference in Rio de Janeiro, and will include equipment and features to fulfill NATO's operational requirements.

On 2 November last year Defence released a media statement confirming it will replace the Royal Australian Air Force’s fleet of 12 Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules with more of the same.

Lockheed Martin Australia’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Leadership and Research Laboratory (STELaRLab) has successfully completed a virtual demonstration of an integrated Counter IED system in the company’s Endeavour Centre in Canberra.

Embraer's C-390 Millennium multi-mission aircraft yesterday achieved Full Operational Capability, in a ceremony held at the Gavião Peixoto Unit in São Paulo, in the presence of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) High Command.

Native to Australia and noted for its sophisticated multi-spectral sensors, the Ghost Bat can detect and hunt prey both in the air and on the ground. What’s more, it teams together in large numbers to confuse and overwhelm its adversaries.

Australia’s Triton remotely piloted maritime surveillance program took a step closer to reality in September 2022 with the rollout of the first aircraft from Northrop Grumman’s facility in Palmdale California.

Airbus Defence and Space and the company’s subsidiary, Airbus UpNext, have achieved in-flight autonomous guidance and control of a drone using an A310 MRTT.