The US Air Force has begun flight testing Californian company Anduril Industries’ YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). The company says the YFQ-44A is designed to gain and maintain air superiority in highly contested environments through a focus on autonomy…
Boeing has delivered the 13th P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance and anti‑submarine aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) at the same time as the first RAAF P‑8A has been inducted into an upgrade program. The RAAF’s 14th and final P-8A is scheduled…
Brisbane-based Boeing Defence Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have successfully completed demonstrations proving the operational viability of the MQ-28A Ghost Bat autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). The tests were completed four and a half months ahead of…
The Australian-made and designed autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), the MQ-28A Ghost Bat, has achieved a major capability milestone. In a capability demonstration at Woomera a single operator aboard an airborne E-7A Wedgetail took control of two Ghost Bat aircraft…
Adelaide-based BAE Systems Australia has entered into a 10-year Head Agreement with Boeing Defence Australia in Brisbane to deliver its sovereign Vehicle Management System (VMS) into the MQ-28 Ghost Bat. The MQ-28 Ghost Bat is the first Australian combat aircraft…
Defence will upgrade communication systems on Royal Australian Navy ships under the $200 million Project SEA1442 Ph.5 program with Brisbane-based Boeing Defence Australia. Brisbane will be the main hub for design and development work for this project which extends Boeing’s…
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…