Prefabricated home and office company ModnPods plans to double the size of its Arundel, Gold Coast facilities to around 6,000 square metres and make 100 hires over the next three years.
The federal government’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation has announced a $160 million investment to link the upcoming Southern Downs Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) to the national energy grid. According to an announcement from the cleantech investment body, it is the first REZ it has funded, and the project “will unlock an additional 500 MW of…
Two South Australian companies have been awarded a contract to build and supply a mobile launch rail for Australian spaceport and space mission provider Southern Launch. Ferretti International and Hydroil have been awarded contracts to build the mobile launch rail which is funded by an almost $1 million dollar grant awarded to Southern Launch as…
CSIRO has opened a new $23.1 million national laboratory in Melbourne that will bolster the nation’s ability to produce vaccines and drug treatments onshore. Researchers at CSIRO’s National Vaccine and Therapeutics Lab will turn vaccine and drug candidates into products that can be manufactured in quantity for clinical trials. According to a statement from CSIRO,…
Manufacturing is viewed by some as a fading sector, inevitably being replaced by new, knowledge and service based industries in developed countries such as the US, UK and Australia. But a study of the behaviour of manufacturing companies over time by researchers at Princeton University has demonstrated that as manufacturing itself changes, it changes the…
Quantum computing hardware error specialist Q-CTRL has introduced its new quantum sensing division reflecting a growing demand and opportunity to deliver sovereign capability to Australia and the AUKUS allies. Quantum sensing allows users to leverage the fragility of quantum computing technology to detect tiny signals for applications in navigation, defence, Earth observation and space. Sydney-based…
Energy storage startup MGA Thermal has been awarded $1.27 million funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to help build a technology demonstrator near the company’s Newcastle factory and office.
The US subsidiary of ASX-listed defence supplier XTEK has shipped a fourth tranche from a $US 33.2 million order of armour components received on May 27. In a statement on Wednesday morning, the company said it remains on track to complete the order for the unnamed client by the end of Q1 this financial year.…
An electric-powered version of the Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle (PMV) is being showcased at the three-day Chief of Army Symposium. The Bushmaster (pictured) is an 11-tonne, 4×4 protected vehicle with a V-hull design which deflects explosions away from passengers. It is designed and built in Australia by Thales in Bendigo. According to assistant veterans affairs…
Melbourne’s Monash University has been announced as one of ten winners internationally of unique grants being awarded by international group the Algorand Foundation to further education, and research into positive effects of blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies. The university’s Dr. Joseph Liu will receive a share of $50 million over five years to fund an Algorand…
