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IAI Seeks Head-to-Head Shootout with General Atomics on AIR 7003 11 Maret 2017 The Heron TP is on display at the Avalon Airshow. (photo : Australian Aviation) Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is at the Avalon Airshow on a mission to demonstrate that the Heron TP is a viable option that should be considered to meet the Australian Defence Force’s requirement for an armed unmanned aircraft. “Give us the chance to compete, to see our capabilities, to compare, to see the benefit that we can bring with our system,” said Shaul Shahar, IAI executive vice-president and general manager, Military Aircraft Group. Shahar told Australian Aviation on Thursday that IAI plans to partner with a leading Australian defence company that would act as the prime on its bid for the AIR 7003 project, while the Israeli defence and aerospace company would be playing the role of subcontractor, bringing “significant work-share” to Australia. IAI is looking at three or four candidate co...

Australia Seeks to Influence US Jammer 11 Januari 2017  Raytheon"s Next Generation Jammer (image : Raytheon, Scout) Australia is looking at options to influence development of Raytheon"s Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) by possibly entering into a cooperative agreement with the US Navy (USN), a senior Australian official revealed. Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) director general of capability planning at Air Force Headquarters, Air Cdre Mike Kitcher, said the NGJ will be a key component of Project Air 5439 Phase 6, a further step in Australia’s Boeing EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack acquisition programme. ‘Phase 6 is looking at upgrading the current Growler capability to the US Navy-common Advanced Growler capability, and one of the key components of that is the NGJ suite of jamming pods to replace the existing ALQ-99 pods,’ Kitcher said.  ‘We’re working hard with the US Navy, looking at options as to how we might enter into a co-developme...