Marc Joel Atrero

Unmanned combat aircraft are bound for the carrier flightdeck The US Navy was due to release a draft request for proposals (RFP) to industry by the end of April for its Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) requirement. As its name suggests, the UCLASS program is intended to deliver a carrier-borne unmanned platform

Is there a future for aircraft heavy maintenance in Australia? Australia’s sterling flight safety record used to be the calling card of its aviation industry. But in recent years, it’s started to sound more like an epitaph: an expensive habit that confers too little competitive advantage in the ever-safer and more automated business of flight.

MH370, ET702 show the pendulum swing towards independent news sources on social media The news gets its news from social media, in aviation as in many other fields. But in a year with two very different major aviation incidents in its first three months – Ethiopian Airlines flight 702 and Malaysia Airlines flight 370 –

As the future of manufacturing in Australia continues to make headlines and with the first aircraft for the RAAF due to roll out of the factory within months, we survey some of the Australian companies forming links in the F-35 global supply chain A report released at the start of the year cast doubt on

Amid the savage cost-cutting and planned job losses at Qantas the much-touted operations of its portfolio of budget offshoots in Asia are proving to be a persistent problem and a disappointment to their investors. None of them are getting anything back for their money and there are signs things could deteriorate further. When Jetstar group

Jayne Hrdlick is leading the Jetstar Group into its second decade at a time of both challenge and opportunity During a 50-minute interview, one word stands out more than any other – “opportunity”. Jetstar may have posted its first loss since its start-up phase, but CEO Jayne Hrdlicka is upbeat about the prospects for the