Bethany Alvaro

The Futures Program and 400 ACU Drone Racing Unit is providing young cadets with access to contemporary technology while simultaneously increasing skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and in digital to respond to the changing nature of defence.

Working off the Battle Lab MakerSpace training model, teams were assessed on practical skills like building first-person view drones, operating uncrewed ground vehicles, troubleshooting faults and executing tasks under time pressure.

After being successfully trialled for the past four years in domestic Terminal 4, the 10 cent return for each bottle going to Breast Cancer Care WA is a “win-win situation” for sustainability and charity, says the airport’s chief people, safety & sustainability officer, Angie Young.

The study analysed airline, hotel and travel-related posts on the dark web and found that major global and US-based airlines, such as American Airlines, Southwest, Emirates, United, Alaska, and Delta, made up over half of all airline cyber crime discussion on dark web forums.

The upgrades included major improvements to communications and navigation, with new datalink capability, integrated satellite voice, upgraded high-frequency radios and enhanced instrument approach systems.

Exercise Southern Arrow 25 saw a major milestone in the development of systems to counter emerging aerial threats as part of LAND 156, the ADF’s $1.3 billion initiative to develop and deliver C-UAS capabilities.