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/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/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 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/opposition-demands-explanation-over-taipan-scrapping/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/opposition-demands-explanation-over-taipan-scrapping/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2024 05:07:08 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1375851 Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Birmingham, Shadow Minister for Defence Andrew Hastie, and deputy chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, David Fawcett, issued the ultimatum on 14 February.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/opposition-demands-explanation-over-taipan-scrapping/feed/ 2 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/new-f-35a-fighters-to-arrive-by-years-end-says-lockheed-martin/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/new-f-35a-fighters-to-arrive-by-years-end-says-lockheed-martin/#respond Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:22:36 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1375691 The new F-35 aircraft are designed with a Technology Refresh-3 package which includes additional munitions capabilities, target recognition, jamming, cyber security, sensor and user interface improvements, processing and data storage enhancements.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/new-f-35a-fighters-to-arrive-by-years-end-says-lockheed-martin/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/marles-reaffirms-decision-to-dispose-of-taipans-despite-repair-offer/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/marles-reaffirms-decision-to-dispose-of-taipans-despite-repair-offer/#respond Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:21:56 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1375428 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles, speaking to an ABC television interview on 7 February, reaffirmed the government’s decision to scrap the Australian Defence Force transport helicopters ahead of their planned withdrawal date and dispose of them domestically.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/marles-reaffirms-decision-to-dispose-of-taipans-despite-repair-offer/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/new-solar-farm-opens-at-raaf-base-darwin/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/new-solar-farm-opens-at-raaf-base-darwin/#respond Tue, 06 Feb 2024 02:48:57 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1375254 The 3.2-megawatt system solar farm, operated and maintained by Assure Energy, is expected to deliver up to 40 per cent of the Australian Defence Force base’s energy requirements.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/new-solar-farm-opens-at-raaf-base-darwin/feed/ 0