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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.

CA Technologies has revamped its Australian management team, appointing a mix of old hands and new recruits to lead its five business units.

In an effort to advance the technology of hypersonic air travel, the U.S. Air Force tested an unmanned X-51 WaveRider on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at over 3,500 miles per hour. This first successful non-captive flight opens the door for future commercial flights between N.Y. and L.A. in 30 minutes.

Launched earlier today, the US Air Force's unmanned space vehicle is a miniature version of the Space Shuttle.  Planned to stay in orbit for up to nine months, does this herald a new stage in the militarisation of space?