Gerard Frawley

Northrop Grumman says it is continuing to work through plans to become an anchor tenant at the new aerotropolis planned for Western Sydney Airport. In May 2017 Northrop Grumman Australia announced it would invest $50 million to establish an electronic systems maintenance and sustainment centre at the forthcoming Western Sydney Aerotropolis, which will be built

Hard rocker, Spitfire pilot, aerobatic champion, aviation museum benefactor, businessman and philanthropist, David Lowy is a pilot with a difference.

A generational change in Australian airpower has been marked with the arrival of the first two RAAF F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters at RAAF Base Williamtown on Monday morning.

The RAAF has publicly presented the edgy new colour scheme to be worn by the new PC-21 training aircraft of its formation aerobatic display team the Roulettes.

The Qantas A380 era began when the first of its double-decker giants, VH-OQA Nancy-Bird Walton, touched down at Sydney Airport at 9am on September 21 2008.

They throw in a free load of fuel when you buy an Airbus A380. But when the largest aircraft in commercial aviation costs north of $300 million each, that’s probably the least that manufacturer Airbus could do.