Defence minister, Christopher Pyne has turned the first sod on a $535 million project to build a new construction yard for Australia’s future submarines and frigates at ASC, Osborne north of Adelaide. Laing O’Rourke will modernise the existing yard that built the Collins class submarines and Hobart class air warfare destroyers, and build new facilities…
Deakin University-headquartered ManuFutures has received $500,000 from the federal government’s Incubator Support Initiative, which the incubator says will be used to accelerate manufacturers’ entry to global markets.
GE has signed a wide ranging MOU with the University of Sydney to conduct local research, speed the adoption of 3D printing, and potentially create new industrial opportunities in Australia in the fast-developing field. The MOU, signed with GE Additive, is a boost to the university’s commitment to build a 1,000 square metre Additive Manufacturing…
Forum member viewpoint by Iain Wicking After now reading two decades worth of Australian Government innovation reports, ‘Groundhog Day,’ a story about being damned to both chronic and acute déjà vu, comes to mind. The plot of the cult 90s film involves Bill Murray playing an obnoxious TV weatherman who is cursed to relive the…
