The Australian Government will lease training helicopters and procure additional numbers of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters as it seeks to rapidly enhance the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) battlefield aviation capability. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is the UH-60M OEM.
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters have completed their maiden deployment to Indonesia as part of Exercise Elang AUSINDO 23, held at Manado in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.