Staff reporter

In a ceremony at Torrens Parade Ground, South Australia, the Air Force marked 100 years since the squadron’s birth in 1925 and celebrated the arrival of a restored Bell UH-1 Iroquois ‘Huey’ helicopter, as well as paying respect to its veterans from the Vietnam War.

Lockheed Martin said the X-59 performed “exactly as planned” on its test flight from its Skunk Works facility in Palmdale to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Centre in Edwards, California, this week. It follows taxi testing in Palmdale earlier this year.

The creation of the PFAS National Coordinating Body was a key recommendation from the government’s response to an independent review of land uses around key Defence bases impacted by PFAS contamination.

A39-007 (similar aircraft pictured), which was tasked to transport Prime Minister Albanese to key meetings including with US President Donald Trump, touched down in Sydney shortly before 11:30am on Thursday.

Airports are committed to improving accessibility and have been working closely with the government on the development of aviation-specific disability standards.

Fleet Space says its 5,300-square-metre facility will boost Australia’s advanced manufacturing capacity, enabling the production of thousands of next-generation geophysical sensors and hundreds of satellites annually.