Australia's grounded Taipan helicopter fleet cannot be repaired to send to Ukraine for use in its efforts to repel Russia's invasion, the Defence Department says.
The defence force retired the Taipan helicopter fleet early due to issues around reliability and after a fatal crash during a training exercise.
Ukraine requested the aircraft from Australia to help their efforts in the war against Russia but the choppers couldn't be made airworthy and wouldn't be suitable for the flagged reason of casualty evacuations, the army chief said.
