Australian Aviation

The doomsayers predict a crisis in the cockpits of the world’s airlines because of a shortage of pilots to crew rapidly growing fleets. The optimists say it won’t happen and that the industry, as always, will find solutions. Pilot training facilities are making big investments to expand, but some experts say that is not the

Eviation charges towards the electric dream. Since the earliest days of powered flight, clean, quiet and reliable electric propulsion has been the dream of aviators and aircraft designers alike. The first electrically-powered airship was flown in 1881, predating the Wright Brothers by more than two decades. Yet despite the successful utilisation of electric propulsion on

Every summer, mostly military aircraft from the United States, New Zealand, South Korea and Italy carry more than 5,500 passengers and 1,400 tonnes of cargo on 100 flights between their Christchurch base and Antarctica, supplementing sea cargo delivering provisions. The small New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) contingent takes about 500 of those passengers and 90,718kg

Australia’s technological crown jewels, the Jindalee over-the-horizon radar system, is undergoing a $1 billion refresh to convert its dated analog systems to digital.

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Machine learning, next-gen jammers, will keep the EA-18G at the forefront of electronic attack. At just US$7 million, the US Department of Defense contract awarded to Northrop Grumman for the Reactive Electronic Attack Measures (REAM) program last April seems pretty small beer. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation