RAAF Base Richmond, Australia — The first Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan airlifter for the Royal Australian Air Force was handed over in a ceremony Tuesday at Richmond, west of Sydney
The Australian government began a limited tender process last week to continue the remediation of its troubled Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) project, either by inserting a managing contractor into the lead shipbuilder or by entering into a partnership with an overseas shipbuilder
The long-awaited Australian Defence White Paper is due to be released midyear, probably in July, fulfilling a promise made when the Liberal government of Prime Minister Tony Abbott took office in late 2009
Despite no apparent movement on Malaysia's Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) program, this month's Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) show revealed a new player in the mix.
Speaking on the eve of the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) show, Malaysian Defense Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein had bad news for the world's fighter manufacturers who are lining up to sell their product to replace the country's MiG-29Ns.
The 2015 Australian International Airshow at the Avalon Airport closed without an announcement of major defense contracts, but the four-day airshow saw plenty of other action.