Quickstep Holdings says it more than doubled the number of delivered parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter project in the three months to March 31 2017 and is expecting a “strong growth trajectory” in the period ahead. The Australian manufacturer said it delivered 410 parts for the F-35 program in the three months to
Exercise Talisman Saber 2017 has culminated with an amphibious landing onto the central Queensland coast, with troops bought to shore by landing craft and helicopters from an expeditionary strike group led by the USS Bonhomme Richard and including the Royal Australian Navy amphibious assault ship HMAS Canberra. The land battle phase of Exercise Talisman Saber 2017, centred around
An Australian project to develop a space-based augmentation system (SBAS) that promises navigational accuracy to less than 10 centimetres is “well underway”, according to Lockheed Martin, one of three industry participants in a two-year Australian Government-led trial. “We are undertaking a two-year testbed that will dramatically improve the accuracy of navigation systems. That program started in February,
Qatar Airways has confirmed a February 2018 launch for its flights between Doha and Canberra, via Sydney. The Australian capital will be the oneworld alliance member’s fifth Australian destination alongside Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. “It is Qatar Airways’ intention to introduce our award-winning service and product to Canberra,” Qatar Airways said in a statement
Dassault Aviation has delivered its 2,500th Falcon business jet, a Falcon 900LX which was handed over to a US customer at the company’s Little Rock, Arkansas completion centre. “Over the half century it has been in operation, the Falcon fleet has amassed an amazing 17.8 million hours of flight time with some 1,230 operators in
Qantas led Australia’s domestic carriers for punctuality for a second straight month in June, new figures show. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) report on domestic on-time performance said Qantas had 89.5 per cent of its flights arrive within 15 minutes of schedule in June, ahead of local rival Virgin Australia at
