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Project Air 5376 – F/A-18 Hornet Upgrade
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Introduction
In July of 2000 as a result of a report completed by KPMG for the Minister for Defence at the time, the Hon John Moore, the Defence Acquisition Organisation (DAO) and the Support Command Australia (SCA) formally merged to form the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO). For the Tactical Fighter Group this bought about the merger of the Tactical Fighter Project Office and the Logistic support elements at RAAF Base Williamtown which is now known as the Tactical Fighter Systems Program Office (TFSPO).
TFSPO
provide support and upgrading of Australia's front line tactical fast jet fleet
of F/A-18 Hornet aircraft and Hawk 127 Lead-In Fighter aircraft. As of January
2002 the TFSPO have staff located in Williamtown, Russell Offices Canberra,
Boeing St Louis Missouri, Naval Air Station China Lake in California, Virginia,
Norris Naval Base North Island and Brough in East Yorkshire. The F/A-18 Hornet
Upgrade is managed by the Tactical Fighter Project Management Unit within TFSPO.
Hornet Upgrade consists of four elements. Links to these elements are listed below:
- Hornet Upgrade Project Phase 1
- Hornet Upgrade Project Phase 2
- Hornet Upgrade Project Phase 3
- Ground Support Systems
Hornet Upgrade also provides support to the F/A-18 elements of ADF Joint Projects.
Project Overview
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Project Air 5376 was established to manage the upgrade of the RAAF F/A-18 fleet to incorporate enhancements that will allow the aircraft to more effectively perform its air defence tasks. The project is being conducted in three main phases. Phase 1 has already been delivered and elements of Phases 2 and 3 currently in production.
Hornet Upgrade Project Timelines
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Hornet Upgrade Phase 1 
| YOD | 1995 |
| RFQ/T | 1996 |
| Contract | 1999 |
| Delivery | 2002 |
Hornet Upgrade Phase 2
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
2.4 |
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| YOD | 1996 | 2001 (re-validation) | T.B.A. |
2004 |
| RFQ/T | 1997 | 2001 | T.B.A. |
2004 |
| Contract | 1999 | 2001 | T.B.A. |
2005 |
| Delivery | 2002 | 2006 - 2007 | T.B.A. |
2007 |
Hornet Upgrade Phase 3
3.1 |
3.2 |
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| YOD | 2001 |
T.B.A. |
| RFQ/T | 2002 |
T.B.A. |
| Contract | 2003 |
T.B.A. |
| Delivery | 2004 - 2009 |
2007 - TBA |
Project AIR 5367 Lead-in Fighter
| YOD | 1994 |
| RFQ/T | 1996 |
| Contract | 1997 |
| Delivery | 2001 |
Related Links
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The hyperlinks listed below are to some of our strategic partners in the successful upgrading of Australia's Frontline Tactical Fighter Fleet.
- Boeing Military Aircraft
- This is the homepage of Boeing military aircraft, the manufacturers and Prime Contractor for the Hornet Upgrade Project
- USN Naval Aviation Systems
- The USN are Strategic Partners in the success of the HUG program as the operators of the worlds largest fleet of Hornets
- USN Naval Air Warfare Centre Weapons Division
- The USN NAWC plays a strategic support role in the upgrading of the Hornet operational systems and maintains the V&V facilities for the Hornet Upgrade Project.
- Raytheon Systems
- Raytheon provides major equipment and support for the Hornet Upgrade Project and the Ground Support Projects
- Defence Science and Technology Office
- DSTO is a major engineering partner for the project office and provides high level engineering advise and guidance to the project staff.
- BAE Systems
- BAE Systems is the Prime Contractor for the HAWK Lead-in Fighter Project.
Contact
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Tactical
Fighter Project Management Unit
Group Captain Ian Nesbitt
Tactical Fighter Systems Program Office
RAAF Base
Williamtown NSW 2314
Telephone: (02) 4928 6901
E-mail: Ian.Nesbitt@defence.gov.au
Last reviewed: March 2008