The Australian and UK government have named hypersonic travel as one area of industrial co-operation likely to come from a ‘space bridge’agreement between the two countries. Industry minister Karen Andrews talked about hypersonics for the first time in an interview with the Channel 7 Sunrise programme. According to a transcript, she said hypersonic travel could…
Carbon nanotube concrete additive developer, Eden Innovations (ASX: EDE) has broken into the New York construction market, announcing its first customer for EdenCretePz. New York readymix supplier United Transit Mix is to use the additive in its standard concrete mix at its Brooklyn plant. Eden is installing a bulk tank dispensing system for storing and…
Metal 3D printing company Titomic (ASX: TTT) has joined forces with Queensland’s Gilmour Space Technologies to develop high-performance rocket and aerospace components. Titomic, which is commercialising its Titomic Kinetic Fusion (TKF) manufacturing process, will co-operate with rocket developer Gilmour ‘across multiple exciting fields within the global space industry’. The areas of cooperation are: • Performing…
Hungry Jack’s fast food chain has surprised the market announcing that it will launch a new plant-based burger on natonal markets tomorrow. Hungry Jack’s CEO Chris Green issued a brief press release on the Labour Day public holiday (today) announcing the new burger, to be known as the Rebel Whopper would be available in all…
Comment by Peter Roberts Adelaide’s ASC Pty Ltd, which built the Collins class submarines in Australia, is performing submarine design work for Sweden. The agreement which sees the submarine builder working on Sweden’s A26 submarine programme, was first announced, was announced in November, but resurfaced in the media in the past week. ASC is now…
Hydrogen Mobility Australia has been renamed and relaunched as the Australian Hydrogen Council to recognise hydrogen’s widening economic impact. The group, founded in 2017 by Toyota and Hyundai, has grown from a membership group representing hydrogen as a fuel for vehicles to become peak body for the wider hydrogen industry. It now boasts 34 members…
Australia’s rebooted space industry is positioning itself as a world leader in the development of smart satellites and associated technologies that will streamline communication, drive the Internet of Things, enhance Earth Observation and shape the defence forces of the future. The Australian Government backed SmartSat CRC – or Cooperative Research Centre – played a leading…
By Clinton Fernandes, Professor, International and Political Studies, UNSW Silicon Valley may now be more popularly associated with software companies such as Google and Facebook but it takes its name from the material most used to make semiconductors. Semiconductors – or computer chips – power everything from mobile phones to military systems. The semiconductor industry…
Finalists have been announced for the 2019 Banksia Sustainability Awards, with a winner to be announced on December 3.
Brent Balinski spoke to Singapore Manufacturing Federation President Douglas Foo about keeping the sector relevant.
