Acquisition of a new unmanned aircraft to replace Army’s Shadow 200 is under way with the Defence’s LAND 129 Phase 3 project office issuing a call for information on Australian industry skills in the “tactical UAS [TUAS] space”. Background information provided with the survey shows a requirement to replace the Shadow 200 from the mid-2020s, with
Virgin Australia Airbus A330-200 VH-XFG has made a quick visit to Townsville, operating as VA9001 and carrying equipment and artists for a music festival.
The RAAF has taken delivery of two key training systems for its forthcoming F-35A Lightning II fighters. A weapons load trainer and an ejection systems maintenance trainer were delivered to RAAF Base Williamtown by an Antonov An-124 on May 2, and will be installed at the new Integrated Training Centre which is nearing completion at
Randy Tinseth remembers the first time he visited Tokyo Narita Airport. It was 1989 and there were Boeing 747s lined up as far as the eye could see. Fast forward a few years and those 747s had given way to Boeing’s latest widebody workhorse, the 777. When Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ vice president of marketing visits
Virgin Australia says it is aiming to have a equal number of male and female pilots in its pilot cadetship program as part of efforts to boost the number of female pilots in its ranks. The airline group is planning for a 50:50 gender target as it opens applications for the 2019 intake, which will
Australia’s two leading aviation magazines are coming together under a common publisher for the first time with the acquisition of Aviator magazine by Aviator Media Pty Ltd, the publisher of Australian Aviation. The acquisition brings Aviator magazine and Australian Aviation, as well as Australian Defence Business Review (ADBR) magazine, which is published by sister company
