Marc Joel Atrero

The Wedgetail has matured to become the West’s ‘go to’ AEW&C of choice No one even remotely connected with the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail needs to be reminded of the aircraft’s drawn-out, plagued introduction to service with the RAAF’s 2SQN. Intended to loiter the battlespace, the Wedgetail instead haunted the infamous Department of Defence Projects of

When Airbus in late April celebrated the tenth anniversary of the first flight of its ground-breaking very large A380 there was no shortage of rhetoric from the European manufacturer. “The plane became an overnight sensation as a global audience of millions watched in awe…since then, passengers go out of their way to fly it, while

It could well go down as the third Gulf war but this time the ammunition is rhetoric. A vicious war of words has erupted between the fast-growing Middle East airlines and their rivals from the US and Europe and, while it may be on the other side of the world, the outcome may have repercussions

Powering Australia’s next fighter In June 2014 an F-35A Joint Strike Fighter suffered a catastrophic fire in its F135 engine, fortunately before the aircraft had taken off. Almost a year later the engine manufacturer, Pratt & Whitney, is still working on a fix with Lockheed Martin, the US Department of Defense, the US Air Force,

Pilots: Asia’s airlines still need you when you’re 64 Old age catches up with all of us but it seems the day that brings blissful retirement is getting further away for one group of whitecollar workers. The pilot flying you to your destination in the world’s big jets is more and more likely to be

Eleven-abreast in the A380 is nearing reality Eleven seats across in a 3-5-3 configuration on an Airbus A380’s main deck is no longer a napkin-sketched nightmare of minuscule proportions, it’s a reality – or, at least, it’s as close to reality as Airbus will get without an airline purchasing the layout and seats it was