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Pratt & Whitney awarded multi-billion contract for F-35 engines
7+ hour, 27+ min ago (422+ words) An F-35 A Lightning II begins its takeoff for a mission during Exercise Arnhem Thunder 25 from RAAF Base Tindal. (Image: SGT David Gibbs) An RTX subsidiary company has been awarded a multibillion-dollar contract for the production of parts for the F-35 Lightning…...
Ransomware gang claims hack of WA's Shine Aviation
5+ hour, 56+ min ago (584+ words) A Shine Aviation Beech 1900 D, VH-EKG. (Image: Shine Aviation) The Anubis ransomware operation has listed Western Australia-based Shine Aviation on its darknet leak site in a post dated 4 April. The hackers are claiming to have exfiltrated 57 gigabytes of data, totalling…...
Video Podcast: Is Kuala Lumpur the next Changi?
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (191+ words) As Gulf travel remains dicey and Australian travellers rush to connect through Asia, the usual hubs like Singapore and Hong Kong are being joined by other contenders eager to take a slice of the layover pie " and Malaysia Airlines is…...
Malaysia Airlines says Australia flights more than 90% full
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (502+ words) Jake Nelson shot these two Malaysia Airlines A330neos, 9 M-MNP and 9 M-MNH, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Malaysia Airlines says it is seeing strong demand on its Australian services, with load factors above 90 per cent, as it continues its A330neo (NEO) rollout into…...
Virgin Australia's Doha flights suspended through mid-June
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (423+ words) A Qatar Airways 777-300 ER, A7-BER, taxis in front of Virgin Australia aircraft in Brisbane. (Image: James D. Morgan/Virgin Australia) All of Virgin Australia's wet-leased Qatar Airways services to Doha have been cancelled for at least the next two months. Flights…...
Artemis II marks first crewed mission towards the Moon since Apollo
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (343+ words) A new chapter in human space exploration has begun as US National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Artemis II rocket successfully launched from Florida. The rocket is crucial as the first crewed mission towards the Moon in more than half a…...
First Air New Zealand tickets on sale at WSI
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (473+ words) Air New Zealand will fly from WSI to Auckland starting in October. (Image: WSI) The first Air New Zealand tickets between Sydney and Auckland have been put on sale at Western Sydney International (WSI) Airport. The trans-Tasman morning flight is…...
Tech firm's new "AI plane' generates plenty of hype
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (484+ words) A tech start-up is planning to bring the "world's first fully AI-generated aeroplane" to market. Deep Soar's AI. roplane, which features a unique wing-mounted tail design and a variable number of seats, windows, flaps, ailerons, wheels, and engines, is designed…...
Rheinmetall deal could see Ghost Bats exported to Germany
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (392+ words) An AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile is carried by an MQ-28 A Ghost Bat during Trial Kareela at RAAF Base Woomera, South Australia. (Image: Defence) German defence giant Rheinmetall AG has joined forces with Boeing Australia to offer the…...
Defence manufacturers sign deal on rockets for ADF Apaches
1+ week, 2+ day ago (388+ words) A US Army Apache helicopter fires its Hydra 70 general-purpose unguided 70 mm rockets from its aerial rocket sub system while a secondary Apache watches at Rodrigues Live Fire Range in Pocheon, South Korea. (Image: Pvt Wilfred Salters/US Army) Australian weapons…...