Bethany Alvaro

The program, now in its second year, is now offering female high school students in Townsville, Mackay, and Rockhampton the opportunity to tour Virgin’s facilities to encourage future careers in the aviation industry, specifically within engineering and flight operations.

A special taskforce has been established to assist in the evacuations, should Australian citizens within the affected countries be deemed under immediate threat.

The aircraft wing flap ship-set is manufactured by Quickstep, a subsidiary company of ASDAM, a leading national manufacturer and provider of defence equipment. The C-130J aircraft is manufactured at Quickstep’s facility in Bankstown Airport and is set to be the 300th ship-set delivered to Lockheed Martin.

The new service is set to operate four times a week from 6 May on Link’s Saab 340B aircraft, adding 14,000 seats per year. It will be the first time Link Airways flies directly out of Launceston, connecting over 90,000 people from Tasmania’s second largest city to the nation’s capital.

Researchers from Adelaide University have advanced developments of a newly designed system to protect unmanned aerial systems (UAS) from cyber threats such as hacking, signal interference, and malicious software attacks.

The major contract with the US Air Force will ensure that Boeing can support the design, manufacturing, integration and certification features of the C-17A and maintain mission readiness.