Adelaide-based Saab Australia and Brisbane-based SRC Aus Pty Limited have joined the Boeing Defence Australia/RAAF MQ-28A Ghost Bat program. Saab Australia will be providing its TactiCall Communications Solution which includes user terminals, radio infrastructure and avionics equipment. The Solution integrates all…
Brisbane-based Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) has received Military Production Organisation Approval (MPOA) from Australia’s Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA) for the local manufacture of aerospace parts and components. This approval will speed up parts availability ADF aircraft while driving down…
Australia’s Chief of Army has declared Final Operating Capability (FOC) on Boeing Defence Australia’s Currawong Integrated Battlefield Telecommunications Network, delivered under Project LAND 2072 Phase 2B. The Currawong Battlespace Communications System has modernised and revolutionised the Australian Army’s telecommunications, the…
Defence has begun work on building a four-bay aircraft hangar adjacent to RAAF Base Edinburgh in northern Adelaide. This will facilitate the specialist maintenance of the Australian Defence Force’s 20 Boeing 737-variant military aircraft. Construction has already commenced and is…
Brisbane-based Boeing Defence Australia has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin Australia to deliver the deployed communications elements of the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) next generation Joint Air Battle Management System (JABMS) under Project AIR6500. Drawing on the technology developed for…
Construction has begun on Boeing’s new production facility in Toowoomba, Queensland, to support the manufacture of Australia’s first military combat aircraft designed and developed in over 50 years – the MQ-28 Ghost Bat. The 9,000m2 facility at the Wellcamp Aerospace…
The Australian Government has invested an additional $399 million inthe ongoing development of the MQ-28A Ghost Bat. The Ghost Bat, known as a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), is being developed in cooperation with Boeing Defence Australia. It is the first…
Australian small businesses participating in Boeing Australia’s first Capability Up-Lift Program have graduated with seven Boeing contracts, including agreements with three new suppliers. The year-long Capability Up-Lift Program, designed to support companies who may not have experience working in a…
Boeing and its maritime engineering partner, BMT have successfully tested an Australian-developed maritime communications system under Project SEA1442 Ph.5 that will enhance the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) major fleet unit connectivity and advance joint force capabilities. The Maritime Warfighter Network…
Australian Defence Magazine reports the Australian government will acquire a further seven MQ-28A Ghost Bat uncrewed fighters in a $454 million extension to Defence’s Loyal Wingman Program. Minister for Defence, Peter Dutton, said the investment will see the seven uncrewed autonomous…