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An Apple iPhone XR caught fire during a flight in October last year after it was shoved down the side of a passenger seat, according to a report from Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch made public on Tuesday.

Technical documents exfiltrated from a parts maker for space and defence companies have been leaked on the Web, after they were acquired during a Windows ransomware attack in March.

Adelaide-based nanosatellite Internet of Things connectivity vendor Myriota has entered a partnership deal with global manufacturer Motherson to produce its Myriota Module, its cutting edge, low powered device that securely transfers data to the Myriota Network of satellites from anywhere on the planet.

Aircraft and aerospace manufacturer Boeing and the Australian Space Agency have signed a Statement of Strategic Intent to help advance the agency’s goals to expand Australia’s domestic space industry.

Air New Zealand has successfully ordered and fitted a 3D printed part to one of its Boeing 777-300 airliners.

Global engineering software company Altair is collaborating with RMIT University to provide unlimited access to high-tech simulation software used by Boeing, Telstra and GM Holden to reduce the weight of aeroplane and automotive structures.

Broadband satellite operator Kacific has selected SpaceX to launch its Kacific-1 satellite which is being built by Boeing.

A worldwide pilot shortage that is predicted to become more acute has led Boeing to begin research on commercial flights that are pilot-free and use artificial intelligence that guides automated controls to make in-flight decisions.

Inmarsat’s next-generation Jet ConneX inflight Wi-fi service is now available to Boeing business jet customers using the Lufthansa Technik two-in-one solution radome.

Qantas today announced streaming media service Stan's full catalogue will be available on its flights, and for 90 days after.

Kacific Broadband Satellites has ordered its Kacific-1 satellite from Boeing after a successful US$147 million capital raising from Australian retail investors to fund the satellite purchase as well as launch services, ground systems and all other project costs.

China has threatened to block orders from American companies, including Apple, if the country's president-elect Donald Trump carries through on his campaign pledges to impose tariffs on Beijing.

Global mobile satellite provider Inmarsat says it has committed to a fourth GX satellite as part of its long-term aviation broadband roadmap. The UK based company says this will ensure that rising demand for fast, reliable and global passenger in-flight connectivity is met for the next five years and beyond.

Scientists say they have taken away valuable lessons from the latest trial of the joint Australia-US Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation (HIFiRE) program conducted recently at the Andøya Rocket Range in Norway.

Australian aerospace company TAE is to commercialise the CSIRO’s Guardian Mentor Remote (GMR) wearable technology system making it available to the global aerospace industry.

Following complications due to Parkinson's Disease, Ralph McQuarrie, the artistic inspiration for pretty-well all of George Lucas' Star Wars world passed away on March 3rd.

Australian-listed global financial services industry technology provider, GBST, has appointed the president of Boeing Australia and South Pacific and the current president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia, Dr Ian Thomas, to its board of directors.

Innovative Australian technology has been utilised in Boeing's latest passenger jet, the long-range twin engine 787 Dreamliner, which Qantas and its low-fares subsidiary, Jetstar will start flying in 2012 and 2013.

The Boeing Company has developed a space capsule that holds seven astronauts and could be used to ferry passengers and supplies back and forth to the International Space Station. Will it be chosen to partially replace the space shuttle?

Nokia Siemens Networks has been awarded, provisionally, a $US7 billion eight year contract to build and manage a 40,000 base station LTE network that will cover 92 percent of the US population.