The IGNIS project, a collaboration with Australian universities, will use sensors to provide a “3D view inside a thundercloud” that could one day alert firefighters on the ground to new blazes.
The Australian government has already announced intentions to purchase four of the surveillance aircraft, which can fly at 50,000 feet for more than 24 hours at a time.
The Australian Financial Review reports Hrdlicka has told senior managers she still intends to depart the company, having announced her exit in February last year. The news comes shortly after Virgin publicly ruled out chief customer officer Paul Jones…
Construction on the 3,200-square-metre facility, expandable up to 6,400 square metres depending on demand, is already underway at the WSI cargo precinct, and is tipped to be ready by late next year when the airport is expected to open.
As part of phase 1, 92 steel columns are being craned into place for the domestic terminal’s headhouse, which will include domestic arrivals and baggage areas, airline lounges, and operational management spaces, among other important components.
More than 275 aviators, eight F-35As, a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport and an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft have been deployed by the RAAF to Andersen Air Force Base from February 3 to 21.
Two of the Diamond DA40 XLT aeroplanes, to be housed at Sydney’s Bankstown Airport, have now arrived and been put into service after several weeks of testing, with the remaining four to join the fleet over coming months.
Network Rail has published research that reveals that over half of respondents (51%) would consider an apprenticeship if they were to restart their career.
In response to a letter from the International Air Services Commission (IASC), Jim Wolfe, assistant secretary of the department’s International Aviation Branch, said the proposed 28 weekly flights to Doha would be permitted according to the terms of bi…
The airport has again rejected reporting by the Newcastle Herald that it is in financial trouble after an article claimed it had been forced to “go cap in hand” to Defence asking to have its rent excused, but was knocked back.