Steve Roberton takes over from Warren “Macca” McDonald, who is retiring after a distinguished career. Following a transitional handover period, Roberton now reports to Ray Piselli, vice president international business at Lockheed Martin.
Anduril’s Fury was displayed for the first time at Avalon and, unlike its local rival, is designed to work with a commercially available engine as well as Anduril’s autonomous software.
In what will be Greg Foran’s last full year as CEO, the Kiwi flag carrier posted a net profit after taxation of NZ$126 million (around AU$113 million), down on the previous year, off the back of NZ$189 million in pre-tax earnings.
Boeing shares slumped as much as 2.5 per cent in response to the news, with Bloomberg reporting that “people familiar with the matter” say the order is in response to Trump’s imposition of tariffs of up to 145 per cent on Chinese goods.