RAAF

Defence’s top brass rotates ahead of Budget, with AUKUS and regional maritime concerns returning boats to the front of force projection.

Australia’s perennially challenged defence industry is now growing strongly, and NSW and Canberra are major employment powerhouses.

Australian airspace drones to have dedicated air traffic management integrated with traditional air traffic control towers, flight monitoring.

Algorithms may soon need to choose between saving lives or completing missions, as fewer humans means more room for bombs and fuel.

Defence has throttled up efforts to keep local jobs, with the Boeing deal keeping a dedicated headcount of more than 350 people at Amberley.

They might be flying Jet A-1 fuel bowsers, but the recycled Qantas Airbus A-330s have just become a little more luxe.

The fly-in, fly-out C-17 Globemaster has been put through its paces to ensure the heavy hauler still makes the grade.

Camo netting is nothing new. Designing the palette … that’s a different story. Aussie F-35s get new, designer shade cloth to keep cool.

The RAAF has been on a strategic regional catwalk tour on the home stretch show after playing to crowds in Japan.

Thanks to Sergeant Georgia Hannah, the RAAF’s top brass no longer have to explain to the PM why their email doesn’t work on a $200 mil plane.

The RAAF’s 9 Squadron is being prepped to fly the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton remotely piloted aircraft system on surveillance operations.

The RAAF can now air refuel the frontline of Japan’s air combat forces, after a month-long series of exercises.

Defence needs to play the diversity card to attract skill talent to its ranks. And working on attack aircraft can be more fun than working for a bank.