Australian Aviation

Triton’s futuristic vision To see a Triton takeoff is to see a sci-fi vision of the future in the here and now. Flight testing of the unmanned Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton, a considerably re-worked development of the RQ-4B Global Hawk has, to date, progressed smoothly ahead of its service entry with the US Navy under

Early lessons learnt from MH370 As the largest international search in history closes on locating Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 the lessons from the most extraordinary disappearance in commercial aviation history are being learnt – but some sadly not for the first time. There is no doubt that the search for MH370 would have been shortened

The USMC has made the first operational deployment of its new Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned system. The deployment is being made by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 2 which is based at MCAS Cherry Point in North Carolina to the Middle East area of operations for ISR ground support missions. This content is available exclusively

The Sikorsky S-92 has been named as the US Navy’s Presidential Helicopters Replacement Program (VXX) winner. Sikorsky was the sole bidder for the program, and has been awarded a US$1.24bn (A$1.32bn) engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract to deliver two VH-92 development aircraft in 2018, and four operational evaluation aircraft. This content is available exclusively

The conundrum of the first class lounge Qantas’s gorgeous new Hong Kong Lounge is as beautiful as it is bang on trend. Stunning design, shower suites, a pre-flight dining concept, and upgraded food – including Neil Perry’s Qantas First lounge favorite salt and pepper calamari – what more could a business class traveller want? The

Virgin Blue has changed, will Jetstar too? There are very few things that are constant in aviation – as the aviation landscape in Australia since it was deregulated in 1990 shows. Airlines have come and gone with tragic regularity. Under the direction of Sir Peter Abeles, Ansett successfully became the world’s best domestic airline in