Sypaq Fishermans Bend defence autonomy centre will create 280 jobs: Victorian government
Engineering firm Sypaq Systems will establish a new Defence Autonomy Centre of Excellence at Fishermans Bend, Melbourne.
Competition hots up for amphibious capability
Major companies are lining up to compete for a share of a federal government contract to build the army’s next generation of amphibious vessels. Navantia Australia and Rheinmetall Defence Australia signed a memrandum of understandig today to jointly bid for the $800 million LAND 8710 (Phase 1) program. The program will replace the army’s LARC-V…
Manufacturing surge continues, growth hits highest rate since 2018
Manufacturing continued to grow at a rapid rate in May, with the Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index recording its eighth consecutive expansionary result.
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Sparc granted graphene use patent Sparc Technologies has been granted a patent for the use of graphene in the removal of contaniments such as mercury and arscenic. The patent covers graphene’s abilty to act as a porous matrix to remove heavy metal ions in liquids or gas. The company has already undertaken studies of graphene’s…
NSW launches new US-inspired SBIR program
The NSW government will today announce a two-year, $24 million program to encourage small businesses and researchers to develop and commercialise solutions, based on the United States’ Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) scheme.
SME consortium challenges majors on guided weapons
A group of Australian SME technology companies and manufacturers has challenged the big global defence companies vying for a share of $1 billion in federal funding to develop a sovereign guided weapons industry. While the likes of Lockheed Martin, Thales and BAE Systems have lined up offering their global weapons systems, the group has ambitious…
mRNA: potential beyond the pandemic – by Matt Keon
As the world grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic and the vaccine roll out picks up pace, the term mRNA has become part of our everyday vocabulary. Here Matt Keon argues that collaboration will unlock massive opportunities in health from mRNA technology beyond vaccines. Recently Victorian, NSW and federal governments all made commitments to kickstart the…
Barrett Communications awarded export comms contracts
Barrett Communications has won multiple new contracts for High Frequency (HF) and Very High Frequency (VHF) communications systems to be supplied to defence, peacekeeping and government customers around the world. The Perth company is supplying HF and VHF tactical radio communications systems in a multi-million dollar contract for international peacekeeping operations as well as civil…
REDARC wins Singapore government defence order
REDARC Electronics has won a further government export contract to Singapore for the supply of on-board power management and control systems. The Adelaide company, which was awarded a Defence Global Competitiveness Grant in December last year, will supply the government customer in a multiyear, multimillion-dollar deal. REDARC managing director Anthony Kittel welcomed the ongoing growth…
SPC announces new SPC Care business, focussing on food for aged care
Food Group SPC has announced a new nutritional health care business in response to the Royal Commission into aged care.