Silex eyes US nuclear fuel market

US government approval of a US$700 million package to develop uranium fuels needed for small modular reactors (SMRs) has landed Australian laser enrichment technology company Silex Systems with renewed opportunities. The government’s funding to support its high assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) availability program over the next four years aim to develop fuels for the…

XTEK in new ballistic armour sale

Ballistic armour manufacturer XTEK has announced another sale of ballistic armour and helmets – this time to a US government agency. The company’s HighCom Armor Solutions Inc. business, received the order valued at $2.7 million for thousands of items of specialist body armour and ballistic helmet equipment. The company expects the order to be quickly…