The aerospace giant’s CEO, Kelly Ortberg, appeared to commit to the commercial crew program, arguing that it wouldn’t be “a viable option” to walk away from so-called fixed-price programs.
The airport, which had insisted an underground station was the best solution, has bowed to pressure after the federal government’s mediator, Neil Scales, sided with the state government.
Central to the operation is a small, highly specialised team made up of Australia’s 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit and the US 552nd Air Control Wing, working together in real time to coordinate air operations across the battlespace.