Surveillance Projects Combined The ADF has decided to combine its two primary surveillance requirements into a single project. Known as Joint Project (JP) 129, the project combines the ADF’s broad area aerial surveillance and unmanned air vehicle (UAV) requirements and will result in the acquisition of either a combination of manned surveillance aircraft supporting a

Trent 180 Minute Etops The 72,000lb (322.5kN) thrust Rolls-Royce Trent 700 has been granted 180 minute ETOPS (extended range twin operations) approval on the Airbus A330. Approval results from a successful program which demonstrated a high level of in-service reliability under ETOPS rules as well as development endurance testing designed to simulate arduous airline operation,

Ansett/Air NZ Deal Approved The New Zealand Commerce Commission has given its approval to Air New Zealand’s purchase of the 50% of Ansett Holdings owned by TNT. The deal now has to receive approval from the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board, although this is expected to be forthcoming. The NZ Commerce Commission originally rejected the

Goodbye Badgery’s? Once more Sydney seems to be headed towards the fate of the seemingly ageless game of ‘let’s find an airport site’. Transport Minister John Sharp has made it clear that while Badgery’s Creek remains the favoured option, the EIS currently ramping up for the much maligned future airport will probably see it hosting