Australia

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia has achieved a tentative contract deal with its cabin crew workers, averting the prospect of strike action over the busy holiday period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Garrett Reim
Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. have released additional details for Pillar II of their AUKUS agreement.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
OEM NHIndustries has purchased Australia’s spare parts pool and its fleet of NH90s after Canberra decided to withdraw the type over availability and costs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Jetstar Airways is making Perth, Australia, its latest base, as the carrier boosts its international network from the West Australian city.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
AMSL conducted the first flight of a full-scale battery-electric prototype of the Vertiia in February.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Australian electric propulsion startup Kite Magnetics has opened its Green Aviation Test Facility in Melbourne.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Most of the work will be in the airport's domestic terminal, and computed tomography tech will be installed to comply with government security regulations.
Airports & Networks

By Brian Everstine
The global approach to MRO of the F-35 needs to be a model for other weapons as the Pentagon looks to co-develop and co-produce critical systems, the DOD says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Boeing and Brisbane-based Ferra Engineering have agreed to extend their JDAM wing kit partnership through 2028.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Adrian Schofield
The decision follows Australia’s competition regulator announcing its formal opposition to the proposed tie-up between Qantas and Alliance in April 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Australian companies Insitu Pacific and Innovaero say they are developing "an integrated solution for a long-range strike capability using UAS."
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia has recorded its first annual net profit in 11 years.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
SkyTeam alliance member China Eastern Airlines is increasing connectivity to Auckland, Singapore, and Sydney.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
Australia’s Canberra Airport Group plans to invest in Vast Solar with an eye to using the renewable-energy technology to produce SAF.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Bonza operates three Boeing 737 MAXs with a fourth as an operational spare.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
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Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Lockheed Martin has been selected to deliver the Air6500 phase 1 project, which will develop a sovereign joint air battle management system from Australia.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
The Australian Defense Department will spend more than $2 billion on Tomahawk, AARGM-ER, Spike, additional HIMARS and PrSM to boost its missile capabilities.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Adrian Schofield
Australia’s competition regulator has given final approval for the extension of the partnership between Qantas and Emirates.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The report was jointly produced by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and Boeing amid a growing acceleration of SAF in Australia.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel

By Chen Chuanren
New Zealand's temporary flight ban on the NH90s was spurred by the devastating July 28 crash of its Australian counterpart.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S and Australian governments have agreed to advance cooperation on Australia's Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Enterprise.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
The Australian Defense Department has confirmed that it will be refreshing its Hercules fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Australian Defense Department and quantum technologies company Q-CTRL have agreed to develop quantum sensors for air and maritime applications.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
The Boeing 737-based aircraft will be deployed to Germany for six months starting in October.
Budget, Policy & Operations