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TAE AEROSPACE TO PROVIDE LOCAL
SUPPORT FOR HAWK ENGINES
TAE AEROSPACE has signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce to provide in country maintenance support services on the Adour Mk871 engine that powers the RAAF’s Hawk Lead In Fighter.
As part of the agreement, TAE Aero- space will perform in country depot level maintenance and repair support services for the engine from its new
Turbine Engine Maintenance Facility in Ipswich, Queensland, as well as pe- riodic onsite Adour engine support at RAAF Williamtown and RAAF Pearce.
Rolls-Royce, as the Original Equip- ment Manufacturer (OEM), have the propulsion support contract with BAE Systems Australia to maintain the Adour engine for the RAAF’s fleet of
33 BAE Systems Hawk aircraft which are currently planned to be withdrawn from service in 2026.
“We are delighted to now be work- ing with TAE Aerospace,” Rolls-Royce Adour MRO representative Garry King said. “Australia is a key defence market for Rolls-Royce and linking with TAE Aerospace’s established Maintenance Repair and Overhaul capabilities will help continue our support of the Adour engine in Australia.
“We are excited to be able to expand our turbine engine MRO capabilities to now include the Rolls-Royce Adour engine in our new Turbine Engine Maintenance Facility in Ipswich and increase employment opportunities in the region,” TAE Aerospace CEO An- drew Sanderson said. ■
ABOVE: TAE Aerospace will perform in country depot level maintenance and repair support services for the Hawk engines.
COLLINS AEROSPACE DELIVERS 1000TH F-35 INFRARED CAPABILITY
THE AUSTRALIAN ARM OF COLLINS AEROSPACe has delivered the 1000th 360-degree situational awareness sys- tem for the global F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program to the US.
The Electro-Optical Distributed Ap- erture System (EODAS) optical assem- bly is the eyes of the aircraft, providing
the pilot with a 360-degree spher- ical view of their surroundings.
Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds said the milestone dem- onstrates the world-class manu- facturing capability of the Austra- lian defence industry in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program.
“The EODAS optical assembly is critical to detecting threats, by warning the pilot of incoming air- craft and missile threats and pro-
viding day/night vision and fire control capability,” Minister Reynolds said.
“It collects real-time, high-resolution imagery from six infra-red cameras mounted around the F-35 and sends it to the pilot’s helmet-mounted display.”
Australian industry involvement in F-35 production and sustainment is
expected to exceed $2 billion by the end of 2023.
“Collins Aerospace (Australia) has already manufactured an estimated 50 per cent of the optical assemblies for Northrop Grumman Corpora- tion this year,” Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said. “The Australian arm of Collins Aero- space has also opened a new facil- ity to perform Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul and Upgrade, as well as specialised component manufactur- ing, for the F-35 flight simulators’ ProSim projectors.” ■
LEFT: Australian industry involvement in F-35 production and sustainment
is expected to exceed $2 billion
by the end of 2023.
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