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TWO MORE CHINOOKS ARRIVE IN TOWNSVILLE
TWO additional CH-47F Chinook helicop- ters have arrived at RAAF Base Townsville after an expedited sale from the United States Government.
Minister for Defence Industry Pat Con- roy said the two additional Chinooks were part of the Australian Government’s $595 million investment in heavy-lift battle- field aviation capability.
“The Australian Government is dem-
LEFT: A new CH-47F Chinook helicopter is unloaded from a United States Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy at RAAF Base Townsville
onstrating its commitment to bolstering Defence’s ability to prepare our ADF to be future ready,” Minister Conroy said.
“The Chinook is Defence’s largest heli- copter, which has been instrumental in re- cent missions including Operation Bush- fire Assist in 2019-20, Operation Tonga Assist in 2022 and Operation Queensland/ New South Wales Flood Assist in 2022.
“The helicopters will provide De-
fence with additional lift capacity and strengthen Army’s ability to support op- erations globally.”
The two additional aircraft will join the Australian Army Aviation Command’s ex- isting 12 CH-47F Chinook medium-lift helicopters operated by C Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment.
“We thank our United States counter- parts, including the United States Army, for their support in this rapid acquisition,” Minister Conroy said.
Boeing will continue partnering with the Australian Army and Australian in- dustry on the CH-47F Integrated Support Services contract, delivering local engi- neering, maintenance, training and supply chain support.
“For more than 40 years, the Chinook has been the backbone of the Australian Defence Force’s rotary wing heavy-lift capability, providing vital assistance for humanitarian, disaster relief, and military missions, both locally and overseas,” Scott Carpendale, managing director and vice president, Boeing De- fence Australia, said.
for Defence, would support the Hosted Missions Program with exploratory stud- ies, knowledge sharing, program planning activities and safety design requirements.”
“As a passionate supporter of Australia’s future space industry, Inovor welcomes the opportunity to contribute our exper- tise to Lockheed Martin Australia’s Host- ed Missions Program,” said Matt Tetlow, founder and CEO of Inovor Technologies.
LMA’s team for JP9102 also includes Av-Comm, Calytrix Technologies, Clear- box Systems, Conscia, DXC, EM Solu- tions, Linfox, Ronson Gears, Shoal Group and STEM Punks.
LEFT: An Inovor Apogee cubesat
LOCKHEED MARTIN TEAMS WITH INOVOR FOR JP 9102
LOCKHEED Martin Australia (LMA) has an- nounced a strategic agreement with Aus- tralian space service provider, Inovor Tech- nologies, to support its ‘Hosted Missions Program,’ a key feature of LMA’s JP9102 Enhanced Australian Industry Capability (AIC) plan.
If adopted, LMA’s Hosted Missions Pro- gram would utilise surplus capacity aboard JP102 launch vehicles for small Austra- lian designed and built satellite missions, providing multiple mission opportunities along with the baseline JP9102 resilient, sovereign, SATCOM capability.
Hosted missions could include space- craft to augment the resilience of the pri- mary mission or could also align with fu- ture Defence, Australian Space Agency, or commercial missions, the company says.
According to David Ball, Lockheed Martin Australia’s Regional Director for Space, the Hosted Missions Program
would enable Australian organisations to benefit more widely from LMA’s JP 9102 proposal.
“We’re committed to supporting Austra- lian space industry by maximising the ben- efits of existing launch opportunities,” said Ball. “Inovor, as the only spacecraft manu- facturer in Australia developing bespoke spacecraft subsystems, and with deep expe- rience providing satellite mission solutions
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