The spacecraft, known as ViaSat-3 Flight 3 (VS-3 F3), was built using Boeing’s high-power 702MP+ platform at the company’s facility in El Segundo, California. It is designed to deliver flexible, high-performance bandwidth to support a range of users, including commercial aviation.
The hackers are claiming to have exfiltrated 57 gigabytes of data, totalling more than 68,000 files. Employee credentials, records, and access cards, as well as airworthiness and aircraft registration certificates, have allegedly been compromised.
Pratt & Whitney has landed a US$6.6 billion contract for the manufacturing of multiple lots of the 18–19 F135 propulsion systems, which is a crucial part in powering multiple versions of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft.
The same aerobridge, at Brisbane’s Gate 82, smashed the right windshield of Qantas 737-800 VH-VZG on 18 June and the left windshield of Fiji Airways 737 MAX 8 DQ-FAE on 26 July 2025, though no injuries were reported on either occasion.
During Exercise Stoic Gauntlet, RAAF members tested the JP2060-3 system, a modular health capability that can be established from the ground up in a range of combat environments.
In a bid to keep airfares low for passengers, the state government will kick in to maintain current prices under the Regional Airfare Zone Cap (RAZC) scheme, some of which were slated to increase from the middle of this year, and cover additional fuel costs on “critical intra-regional routes”.