https://australianaviation.com.au Australia's Leading News Source in Aviation Tue, 12 Mar 2024 06:06:21 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 https://australianaviation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-AAV0003_AustraliaAviation_Logo_Reversed-1-1.jpg https://australianaviation.com.au 32 32 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/us-clears-ospreys-to-return-to-the-sky-following-fatal-crashes/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/us-clears-ospreys-to-return-to-the-sky-following-fatal-crashes/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2024 03:50:49 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381214 The joint service multi-role combat aircraft, which can take off and hover like a helicopter before transitioning to turboprop aircraft flight, was cleared for service by US Naval Air Systems Command on 8 March.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/us-clears-ospreys-to-return-to-the-sky-following-fatal-crashes/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/bae-launches-new-engineering-scholarship-for-regional-women/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/bae-launches-new-engineering-scholarship-for-regional-women/#respond Sun, 10 Mar 2024 22:54:10 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381014 BAE Systems Australia announced that it has launched a new academic scholarship for women in regional Australia – to undertake an engineering degree and explore career opportunities in defence industry – and named it after Australia’s first two female RAAF pilots.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/bae-launches-new-engineering-scholarship-for-regional-women/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/australian-army-soldier-dies-after-parachute-incident/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/australian-army-soldier-dies-after-parachute-incident/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 05:01:01 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1380857 Defence has confirmed that 2nd Commando Regiment soldier Lance Corporal Jack Fitzgibbon, son of former defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon, died following injuries sustained during a parachuting incident on 6 March.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/australian-army-soldier-dies-after-parachute-incident/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/recon-drone-signed-by-deputy-pm-marles-arrives-in-ukraine/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/recon-drone-signed-by-deputy-pm-marles-arrives-in-ukraine/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 02:34:41 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1380833 The Deputy PM signed the Mavic 3T thermal camera drone while attending a meeting with more than 150 members of the Ukrainian community in Geelong, Victoria late last year. Members of the 80th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have since confirmed the arrival of the drone in Bakhmut.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/recon-drone-signed-by-deputy-pm-marles-arrives-in-ukraine/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/ukraine-charges-antonov-officials-for-destruction-of-iconic-an-225/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/ukraine-charges-antonov-officials-for-destruction-of-iconic-an-225/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2024 05:51:43 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1380479 The Antonov airliner, the world’s heaviest aircraft, was destroyed during the opening days of the Ukraine War at Antonov Airport in northwestern Kyiv in February 2022.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/ukraine-charges-antonov-officials-for-destruction-of-iconic-an-225/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/sikorsky-australia-expands-aviation-workforce-with-apprenticeship-scheme/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/sikorsky-australia-expands-aviation-workforce-with-apprenticeship-scheme/#respond Sun, 25 Feb 2024 22:16:42 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1378540 This latest round of apprentices brings Sikorsky’s 2024 intake to 16 apprentices, representing nearly 20 per cent of the company’s technical workforce with an annual investment of over $1 million.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/sikorsky-australia-expands-aviation-workforce-with-apprenticeship-scheme/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/independent-probe-launched-into-fatal-taipan-crash/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/independent-probe-launched-into-fatal-taipan-crash/#respond Thu, 22 Feb 2024 23:17:31 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1377989 Last year’s Taipan crash was one of a string of accidents involving the aircraft type, which was separately grounded in 2019, 2021, and earlier in 2023.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/independent-probe-launched-into-fatal-taipan-crash/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/entries-open-for-first-defence-national-security-workforce-awards/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/entries-open-for-first-defence-national-security-workforce-awards/#respond Mon, 19 Feb 2024 23:00:38 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1377015 The initiative is supported by principal partner Atturra and will culminate in a black-tie/military mess dress gala ceremony on Wednesday, 12 June 2024, at the Four Seasons, Sydney.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/entries-open-for-first-defence-national-security-workforce-awards/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/new-plans-take-off-for-growler-aircraft-facility-upgrades/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/new-plans-take-off-for-growler-aircraft-facility-upgrades/#respond Mon, 19 Feb 2024 06:03:14 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1376517 The works will take place in both Amberley, Queensland and Delamere, Northern Territory; and are expected to deliver new and upgraded facilities for the operation of EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/new-plans-take-off-for-growler-aircraft-facility-upgrades/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/first-new-rnzaf-hercules-rolls-off-the-production-line/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/first-new-rnzaf-hercules-rolls-off-the-production-line/#respond Fri, 16 Feb 2024 01:31:58 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1375867 The aircraft now features the RNZAF Kiwi Roundel and No. 40 Squadron’s mariner’s compass, after finishing work at the Lockheed Martin production line in Georgia, United States, according to a public statement on 15 February.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/first-new-rnzaf-hercules-rolls-off-the-production-line/feed/ 0