Ann: Half Year FY21 Results, page-13

Recent news announced by Boeing : Would have been better if QHL got a mention ....... we can only hope.


and this news just in, :


and this was from December 2020 ..... so it looks like we have 30 of the F-35A's

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has declared its multi-billion-dollar fleet of Joint Strike Fighters is ready for deployment, two years after the first F-35As were delivered from the United States.

Key points:

• Defence says the controversial stealth fighters have reached "initial operating capability"
• Australia has so far accepted 30 of 72 Joint Strike Fighters purchased from the US
• Defence Minister Linda Reynolds welcomed the news of the fighters' readiness for deployment

Since 2018, the controversial stealth fighters have been "rigorously tested" by the Defence Department which has now determined they have reached "initial operating capability" (IOC).

So far, Australia has accepted 30 of the Lockheed Martin designed aircraft but will eventually acquire 72 Joint Strike Fighters from the US at a cost of $17 billion.

Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has welcomed the IOC milestone, describing F-35A as critical to the Australian Defence Force.

"The fifth-generation F-35A, along with the F/A-18F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler, is key to our air combat capability and critical to achieving the objectives set out in the 2020 Defence Strategic Update to Shape, Deter and Respond," Ms Reynolds said.

So come on Quickstep ..... get more orders on the books. Make some calls.