Exercise Possum Walk, held at RAAF Townsville, saw crews loading fuel and inert ordnance onto the Apaches, marking an important milestone as the helicopters soon enter live fire training.

As part of this expansion, Boeing revealed a technology roadmap that substantially increases the uncrewed aerial system’s range, payload flexibility and interoperability for the Royal Australian Air Force and allied customers.

Boresight commenced trading on Wednesday, with the aerial target drone company listing at a $0.20 price and a pre-raise market cap of just under $34 million. The Canberra-based company focuses on designing and manufacturing drones that can be deliberately shot down for counter-UAS training.

In an Australian first, Virgin says its customers will be able to surface destinations based on budget or departure city; find best-value travel periods for different dates; compare cash fares or points-plus-pay; and find the lowest fares across multiple days through the chatbot.