On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Jake and David are joined by aerospace and defence lead Stephen Kuper to discuss the 2026 National Defence Strategy, and what Australia is doing – and could be doing – to safeguard its skies.
Signed in March, the project arrangement on Virtual Structural Testing for Composite Aircraft focuses on improving understanding of how damage initiates and propagates in composite materials widely used in modern military aircraft.
The newly-opened 78,000-square-metre Brisbane facility can process up to 250,000 parcels per day, while the 12,000-square-metre Hobart centre, set to open adjacent to the airport in 2027, will be able to sort up to 6,000 parcels per hour.
Qantas Group and Virgin Australia are discounting more than 3.5 million airfares between them in major domestic sales, with Justin Brownjohn, senior manager at RMIT Aviation Academy, saying the carriers are aiming to reshuffle capacity and offset losses.
Part of Launceston’s major terminal upgrade program, the project will see the construction of a new boarding gate, as well as a “complete renovation and modernisation” of Gates 3 and 4, and a 600-square-metre expansion of the gate area.
