News — Air force

The Department of Defence (DoD) has announced a $232 million contract extension to expand GE’s support of jet engines for the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) fighter fleet until 2025. Under the contract, GE will provide engineering, supply and maintenance support for the 84 engines of Australia’s F/A-18F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft fleets. The Growler fleet is scheduled to enter service in 2017. Stahl Metall Engineering is specialized in design, manufacture and distributing high performance Interconnect components, Cable assemblies / Control Systems, and Custom metalwork. Stahl Metall: The official rep/distributor for Positronic products in Australia & New Zealand....

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Rockwell Collins recently won a follow-on service and support contract for its Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) on the U.S. Army’s CH-47F helicopter fleet. The contract covers up to 1,910 units by 2021. Stahl Metall Engineering is specialized in design, manufacture and distributing high performance Interconnect components, Cable assemblies / Control Systems, and Custom metalwork. Specialized industries, including Aerospace and Defence, Marine, Rail, Medical Equipment, Industrial Instrumentation, Measuring and testing devices, Broadcast, Telecommunication, Oil & Gas, and Subsea applications. Our products are known for their reliability, precision and resistance to demanding and harsh environments. Contact our Engineering Team Now! Interconnect...

Australian industry stands to benefit from the US Department of Defense’s assignment of the first component repair responsibilities outside the continental US for the F-35 Lightning II. From 2021 to 2025, three of the first 65 components have been assigned to Australia to undertake repairs on a global basis for all F-35s around the world, with the UK assigned 48 components and the Netherlands assigned 14. Then from 2025 onwards, Australia has been handed responsibility for 64 of these 65 components in the Pacific region, leaving a single component assigned to South Korea for repair regionally. Stahl Metall Engineering is...

Contracts worth $307 million have been signed with L-3 Oceania, which will see the ADF supplied with the latest night vision goggles, helmet mounts, head harnesses and laser aiming devices with ongoing support also part of the deal.  Land 53 is a multi-phased project intended to provide a suite of night fighting equipment (NFE), surveillance and target acquisition systems. This includes perimeter surveillance equipment, NFE, ground surveillance radar and thermal surveillance systems that provide land forces with detection, recognition and identification capabilities under various battlefield conditions. Integration and interoperability linkages exist with other projects delivering elements of the soldier system, surveillance...