Darwin-based GecOz and Australia's Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) are seeking commercial backing to upgrade the latter's airborne X-band synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) demonstrator to include an L-Band ground mapping capability. The DSTO currently flies the X-band SAR on its Raytheon Beech 1900C airborne surveillance testbed aircraft. GecOz was formed in 2001 as a commercial spin-off from Charles Darwin University.
Source: Flight International
Austria has signed for a dozen new Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks to replace its ageing Bell 212 transports.
The Indian navy has formally retired its small fleet of Sikorsky UH-3H ‘Sea King’ helicopters from service.
The delivery of a remanufactured CH-47F Chinook in the latest Block II standard marks a milestone in the US Army’s strategy to modernise its aviation fleet.
