Leading Australian quantum computing business Q-CTRL has announced the release of its Black Opal Enterprise interactive education platform designed to help businesses adopt quantum computing. The Sydney company’s Black Opal, which aims to make businesses ‘quantum ready’, has already been sold to quantum computing provider IonQ, as well as soon-to-be-announced Big Four consultancies, a Fortune…
EMVision gets clinical study ethics approval, $1.2 million milestone payment ASX-listed imaging technology business EMVision Medical Devices announced on Tuesday the receipt of Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) approval for a multi-centre clinical study at Liverpool Hospital, Royal Melbourne, and Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane. Near-term activation of the first site at Liverpool Hospital would proceed under…
Pentarch has won both the National Innovation and SME Innovation categories at the Land Forces Innovation Awards, in what the organiser has said was a first in the history of the awards. Pentarch was recognised for its Project Damocles, which is described as a safe and purpose-designed system using “robotic handling and creative use of…
Leading water appliance manufacturer Zip Water has launched new models of its HydroTap hot, cold and sparkling water kitchen taps. The Sydney company announced HydroTap Arc Plus and Cube Plus models, as well as a new to market cleaning process for all Zip HydroTap systems at the point of installation. Zip Water optimised the currently…
The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index has continued its generally positive run, rising 0.9 points to 50.2 points in September 2022. Readings above 50 points indicate expansion in activity, with higher results indicating a faster rate of expansion. While activity contracted in all sectors but chemicals and machinery & equipment, new orders…
Two Australian defence suppliers have come together to offer the Army a slimmed down electronic warfare capability, the HERCULES EW, that should be more versatile and capable of taking communications into difficult to penetrate areas. Melbourne-based AOS and South Australian company Asension will launch the HERCULES EW at Land Forces 2022 today, offering a sovereign…
Today our special editorial series Land Forces 2022 asks the question of the moment – what are the lessons Australia can draw from Russia’s largely land war against Ukraine? Gregor Ferguson reports. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the gift that keeps on giving for defence analysts. The Russians have committed just about every cardinal sin…
Today @AuManufacturing’s special editorial series Land Forces 2022 celebrates one of Australian defence industry’s most recent successes – the R400 remote weapon station (RWS) from Electro Optic Systems. Today is Day one of Land Forces 2022, and we can’t think of a better way to whet your appetite for the systems on display than a…
Thales Australia and Kongsberg Defence Australia will today launch the StrikeMaster land-based maritime strike system as part of its offerings at Land Forces 2022 conference. The StrikeMaster combines Thales Australia’s familiar armoured single-cab Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace’s (KDA) Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Coastal Defence System . According to Thales the…
In episode 22 of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski, we hear from Daen Simmat, founder and CEO at Black Lab Design. The episode was recorded during a visit to Black Lab’s factory in Frenchs Forest last week. In this broad-ranging chat, Simmat tells us about starting a company in 2013, its natural evolution from sheet metal…
