Lockheed’s delivery aims to assist the ADF’s AIR5428 Phase 1 Pilot Training System, which seeks to ensure fifth-generation mission readiness for the ADF, and provide flight training to increase the qualifications and skill sets of personnel.
Addressing the changing role of “keeping passengers happy” to “protecting the flight deck at any cost,” the application seeks to reflect the overlooked roles and responsibilities that flight attendants across Australian skies provide.
The deployment last month was a part of Australia’s Operation Solania, an ongoing contribution to maritime and aerial monitoring across the Pacific, aimed at strengthening regional security and protecting vital fisheries resources.
The Hercules fleet is expected to remain in service into the 2030s, before being succeeded by a new generation of C-130 aircraft under Project AIR 7404.
A US soldier was the first warfighter to execute real-world military mission exercises, using Lockheed Martin Sikorsky’s autonomous optionally piloted Black Hawk helicopter, powered by Matrix Technology.
Senior strategy and logistics representatives from Australia, the US, Canada, the UK, and New Zealand attended the Five Eyes (FVEYS) A4 Collaboration Forum in the Northern Territory last month.
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