Marc Joel Atrero

Aviation’s night of nights, the fifth annual Australian Aviation Awards, is here again The Australian Aviation Awards are back for their fifth year, returning to The Star on Thursday, 6 August for a star-studded night feting the best of the best in our aviation sector. Established in 2022 and held alongside the Australian Aviation Summit

Life begins at 40(0) It’s not every day you get to celebrate such a nice round number as 400 – but this is, in fact, the 400th issue of Australian Aviation. We can’t help but wonder whether its founder, Jim Thorn, back in 1977, could have anticipated it lasting so long or reaching so many

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With women holding only around 5 per cent of aviation positions worldwide, the sector has a long way to go to increase female representation – but companies such as Leidos are proving to be real success stories, with Leidos recently celebrating a milestone of 20 per cent female employees. Kristen Raby of Aviation/Aerospace Australia and Jesse Young of Leidos spoke to Australian Aviation on how it was done – and how Leidos is reaping the rewards.

Inside the US Air Force’s next-generation adaptive propulsion program.

In October 2025, US start-up Shield AI unveiled X-BAT, a radical new jet-powered “loyal wingman” drone intended to fly autonomously alongside manned fighters.