Pratt & Whitney has issued a purchase order to South Australian firm Levett Engineering to make F135 engine components for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The purchase order covers the manufacture, development and delivery of F135 engine main bearing housings, supports and oil flow manifolds for the global JSF engine fleet. This content is
South Australian Minister for Defence Martin Hamilton-Smith has officially launched at the Avalon Airshow a new alliance that aims to reposition local industry on the global stage as rapid changes in technology and business practices take hold across the aerospace industry. Speaking to a capacity crowd following an Australia-UK Industry Roundtable, Hamilton-Smith said: “It is
Bright ideas and hard work have paid off for the six winners of the latest Aerospace Australia Innovation Awards, presented at the Avalon Airshow this week. The winning entries include a company that has revolutionised the making of advanced carbon fibre deposits and a small software house’s world-leading development of an electronic flight planning system.
From advanced military hardware to corporate jets to the 600 or so trade exhibitors, the Australian International Airshow promises to have something for everyone. This year will be the 12th airshow at Avalon Airport just outside Geelong in Victoria and airshow chief executive Ian Honnery says the program has been designed with everyone in mind, from the aviation enthusiast
One hundred teams, including five from Australia and one from New Zealand, are in the hunt for the EUR 30,000 major prize in Airbus’s global student competition Fly Your Ideas. Airbus, which runs the competition in partnership with UNESCO, whittled down the 518 original entries submitted at the end of 2014 to the top 100
Global logistics provider DHL Supply Chain is well placed to serve new and existing airline customers when the second Sydney airport becomes operational given its growing base in western Sydney, a senior executive says. The company opened a new $120 million, 90,000 square metre “supply chain campus” at Horsley Park in western Sydney on February