Rsaf to Upgrade F-5ES: Singapore is to spend an estimated $100m in upgrading its 45 strong Northrop F-5E Tiger II force. The proposal comes after the completion of the successful upgrading of the RSAF’s A-4 Skyhawks and would see the F-5Es getting a new radar, new avionics, HUD, additional pylons and a slightly modified wing

Boom to Continue: According to Boeing’s latest market predictions, the current boom in new airliner sales is set to continue. Boeing’s new Current Market Outlook predicts the value of the commercial aircraft market to be $US626bn between now and the year 2005, comprising 9,935 commercial jets of all types. Last year the company’s forecast for

A Breath of Fresh Air! If there was one major feature of the Australian civil aviation environment of the nineteen eighties, it was the sheer amount of dissension that the industry at large felt towards its bureaucratic masters. From the demise of the generally liked Dept of Civil Aviation (DCA) back in 1973 came the