XTEK awarded $8.1 million in drone contracts with Defence
XTEK has announced new contracts with the Commonwealth Department of Defence worth a total of $8.1 million
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Victoria gets first hydrogen electric bus Transit Systems will roll out two hydrogen fuel cell buses and nine electric buses to operate from its Footscray, west Melbourne depot from March next year, adding to 41 electric buses already announced as part of the state’s Zero Emissions Bus Trial. The Transit Systems trial buses will operate…
Second-ever Australian Made Week gets underway
The second Australian Made Week – running June 6 – 12 – has begun, highlighting the difference that buying locally-made products has on Australian businesses and employment.
Defence unleashes promise of autonomous, underwater vessels
Defence is often criticised for favouring large, traditional naval systems such as submarines and frigates while going slow on the future role of small, autonomous and unmanned underwater systems. Following news last month that defence was in negotiations for a US$100 million co-funded design, development and manufacturing programme for extra large autonomous underwater vehicles (XL-AUVs),…
Defence purchasing need to change to grow local SMEs – Rebecca Humble
Australian defence contractor Nova Systems led a meeting of defence SMEs at the recent Indo Pacific Maritime exposition, to discuss defence industry policy. Here, Rebecca Humble argues that policy settings are not succeeding in growing small SMEs into larger ones, and larger ones to the scale where they can compete against foreign companies and bid…
Celebrating Australian Made – GOR Woollen Mill
@AuManufacturing’s Celebrating Australian Made editorial series turns today to a revival of local wool processing and spinning. Peter Roberts talks with Nick Renters of GOR Woollen Mill. It is hard to remember the days when Australia had a vigorous fibre processing, spinning, weaving and apparel industry – an entire value chain that all but disappeared…