The Internet Of Planes

October 14, 2015 0 comment

The Internet of Things takes to the sky A turbofan detects that it requires unexpected yet routine maintenance. It sends a notification to a monitoring system, which sends the part that is required, schedules a maintenance team for access, and informs the airline’s operations system of an expected repair time. A pilot pulls up real

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Succession Plans

October 13, 2015 0 comment

Executive succession is an inevitability for any company, let alone in the volatile business of running airlines. Chief executives don’t last forever. Some of them don’t last long. But for Australia’s two mainline rivals, Qantas Airways and Virgin Australia, their latest financial results have almost certainly guaranteed there will be no leadership change anytime soon

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Ramping Up

October 12, 2015 0 comment

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 executive vice president and general manager Lorraine Martin on managing the world’s largest military development and production program It’s probably the most significant milestone we’ve had in many years, primarily because one of our users has been able to judge that the system is ready for them to go to war, if

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QF787

October 11, 2015 0 comment

Qantas thinks long-range with long-awaited 787 order Confirmation Qantas has signed on the dotted line for the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has raised, not for the first time, the prospects of a nonstop Sydney-New York service. The first of eight 787-9s with a white kangaroo on the red Qantas tail is due to arrive in the

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In Command

October 10, 2015 0 comment

Joyce pilots Qantas’s revival Running an international airline means spending a lot of time at or close to 40,000 feet. For Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce, that represents a chance to talk to staff at the front line, those dealing with the day-to-day issues of keeping the flights on time, keeping the customers happy and,

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Robotics, air power, and “just” war

October 9, 2015 0 comment

Aircraft controlled by artificial intelligence will soon be reality The theory of jus ad bellum – “just” war – offers two main prerequisites for ethical military activities: they must have a legitimate, justifiable, non-military aim; and this aim should be pursued by acceptable means. These requirements are supported by three key principles of international humanitarian

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