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Contents
VOLUME 27 NO 4 | APRIL 2019
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ON THE COVER: Australia may not have a launch facility (yet!) but is very capable in the building of small satellites.
REGULAR NEWS AND REPORTS
Editorial 4 News Review 6 The View from Canberra 46 Events 44 From the Source 50
NEWS
Design contract signed
for Attack class 6
Former RAAF Hornets
arrive in Canada 6
Australia chosen as JSF maintenance hub 8
World-first technology
to revolutionise space imaging 8
RAN chooses new sub rescue capability 10
Thales reveals Lithgow plans 10
Hornet repaired using
laser additive deposition 12
AVALON 2019
Unmanned and
unmatched at Avalon 14
SYPAQ wins Army development funding 18
Jericho Hercules on show 20 JORN upgrade on the go 20
Japan pitches C-2 for
NZ’s FAMC competition 22
NGJ progressing for
USN and Australia 22
Special Forces
helicopter offering 24
Smart SME finds a
liquids niche 24
Zephyr to break
more records 25
Northrop Grumman responds to
Coastwatch RFI 26
JSF costs to drop
over time 26
Machine gun on
Taipan sorted 27
SEA POWER 2019
Arafura ahead of
schedule 28
Naval warfare enhancement: Hobart
& Hunter in the 2030s 32
SPACE
Space launch in Australia 36
Space refuelling is the
way of the future 40
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THIS MONTH
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DEFENCE BUSINESS
All the highlights from the 2019 Avalon Air show. P14
From the Source
Craig Lee Managing Director BECA Australia
“ I think defence is probably one of our
strongest areas in Australia now.”
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