Marc Joel Atrero

Jindalee Over the Horizon Radar Project Begins to Take Shape Through the ages, from the moment when our primitive forebears first tried to see further by climbing a hill, the quest for improved surveillance has produced some amazing technology. Australia is poised to become a world leader in such technology with the sophisticated Jindalee Over-The-Horizon

Ba’s Qantas Stake: Among all the dramas associated with the British Airways/ USAir and Virgin Atlantic situations comes some good news for BA, namely the fact that the Australian government approved on December 17 the airline’s acquisition of 25% of Qantas for $665m. BA has gone to great lengths to assure Australians that this is

Bottom Line Malaysian Airline System has announced a group operating profit of $M149m ($A83m) for the six months ending September 30, 1992, representing a profit growth of 5. 5% compared to the previous six month period. The Federal Airports Corporation has recorded a profit for the 1991/91 financial year of $34. 9 million on revenues

The Eagle Has Crashed?: Perth’s Eagle Aircraft Australia, developer of the EagleXT-S composite light aircraft, appears to have its dream to put the aircraft into production shattered with news that the company is critically short of funds and is now fully dependent on its Malaysian co­ owners for working capital. The Malaysian connection was established

Germany’s Peace Budget: Even though Germanyhas agreed to be partof the Eurofighter development programme (but not production as yet- refer elsewhere)- it is generally putting the brakes on defence spending in the wake of “the end of military confrontation in Central Europe”. Germany’s defence plan for the next decade features a budget cutbyno less than

GE Out of Aerospace: The US aerospace community continues its self-rationalisation activities in the wake of defence cuts with the news that General Electric has sold its Aerospace Division to Martin Marietta for $US3bn. The move takes GE completely out of the military and aerospace electronics business, a field in which it has been involved