Japan to field second F-35B squadron
Japan plans to field a second F-35B squadron by the end of the decade, according to a Japan Ministry of Defense (MOD) document reviewed...
China’s big new combat aircraft
By Bill Sweetman*
The speed, agility, range and stealth of an individual aircraft type are still important, but they’re no longer the whole story of...
Japanese warship conducts JSF flight trials
On 21 October the US Navy announced that one of their F-35 Lightning II aircraft landed aboard Japan’s 27,000 tonne Izumo-class helicopter carrier JS...
Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton
On 31 July Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Aircraft System – ‘AUS 1’ – to be operated by the Royal Australian Air Force...
Surveillance drone on way from US
The first of at least four new large, unmanned surveillance aircraft ordered from the United States is due to arrive in the Northern Territory...
The reason Taipans did not go to Ukraine
The strange tale of Australia’s decision to disassemble and bury the roughly $1 billion fleet of permanently grounded Taipan helicopters has finally been discussed...
No Minister, Taipans are extremely safe
By Kym Bergmann*
At a press conference on 16 January, Acting Defence Minister Pat Conroy hinted that Australia’s fleet of Taipan helicopters were not returned...
RAAF in Guam ASW exercise
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has deployed to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam to participate in the United States Navy-led exercise Sea Dragon...
Paper Taipan ends in tears
The decision to permanently ground the Australian Defence Force’s fleet of MRH-90 Taipan helicopters was the final chapter in the saga that was Project...
45 Army Taipan helicopters scrapped
Technicians are currently – and in secret – disassembling all 45 Army Taipan Multi Role Helicopters and will bury the components on a Defence...