Tag Archives: RAAF

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has been selected to support a $442.9 million effort to upgrade the Australian air force’s fleet of E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft. The service branch said Wednesday Boeing will equip E-7As with new combat identification sensors, tactical data links and communication and encryption systems under the modernization project. Australian …

The State Department has approved Australia’s request to buy up to five units of modified Gulfstream G550 aircraft from the U.S. under a potential $1.3 billion foreign military sales agreement. Australia seeks to procure Gulfstream G550 planes that have been modified to integrate airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and electronic warfare mission systems as well …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 6, 2016 — Boeing (NYSE: BA) has rolled out the first of eight P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for the Australian Royal Air Force during a ceremony at the company’s delivery hub in Washington state, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The inaugural aircraft is slated for delivery to an RAAF base in Australia in …

TYSONS CORNER, VA May 8, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday on the U.S. government closing in on a potential $1 billion worth of orders for Super Hornet strike fighters from Kuwait. Defense News said Washington officials confirmed a near-term sale for up to 40 units of the …