Carbon fibre nanotube X-ray emitter manufacturer Micro-X has formally offered its lightweight, rugged X-ray imager to detect improvised explosives devices (IEDs) to the Australian Defence Force. The company told investors that it had submitted a formal tender to supply its Argus IED X-ray camera (pictured) under Defence’s JP154 porcurement programme. The equipment incorporates a new-generation…
Industrial technology company Silex Systems has completed a $120 million institutional placement to further its move into the nuclear fuel industry. Earlier this month Silex said it was accelerating the commercialisation of its Silex laser uranium enrichment technology to take advantage of an emerging global nuclear fuel supply chain. Silex is also developing the production…
Adelaide’s Flinders University will be the official partner of the Tonsley Technical College in a collaborative innovation partnership which furthers the development of the university’s Catapult centre-related Factory of the Future. The Tonsley Technical College will be built in tandem with the Factory of the Future, backed by federal and state governments and BAE Systems…
Economists at SGS Economics & Planning have gone public with a call for the development of a ‘new spatial industry strategy’. In a newly published policy paper, SGS principal and partner Jeremy Gill said Australia had emerged from three years of the Covid-19 pandemic into a period of global disruption. Within this, however, lay opportunity,…
The Australian Hydrogen Council has welcomed a review of the National Hydrogen Strategy as well as state strategies The new strategy will respond to the local and global changes since 2019 and guide Australia on its path to be a global hydrogen leader. CEO of the Australian Hydrogen Council Fiona Simon said: “Globally, competition for…
Federal, State and Territory Skills and Training Ministers met in Brisbane last week to progress key skills sector reforms and vocational education workforce challenges, aimed at strengthening the quality of vocational education and training and tackling the nations skills shortages now and over the longer term. This an edited version of their communique. National Skills…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) GMG GETS APPROVALS TO BUILD GRAPHENE BATTERY PLANT AT BRISBANE Brisbane-based, Toronto-listed Graphene Manufacturing Group announced on Wednesday that it had the regulatory and council approvals needed to begin commercial-scale manufacturing of its novel batteries. To date…
Engineering group Marand has won a contract from Kongsberg Defence Australia (KDAu) for the production of launch ramp systems for the Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile. The project will involve large scale fabrication of the launch ramps that will be fitted to Royal Australian Navy ships and support the Launcher Missile Module (LMM). The federal government…
Supermarket chains Woolworths and Coles said on Thursday that they’ve offered to assume responsibility for an estimated 12,000 tonnes of stockpiled soft plastic left behind by the collapsed REDcycle program. REDcycle collected soft plastics from about 2,000 supermarkets around Australia. It was paused in November, and had been secretly stockpiling unprocessed plastic at sites around…
Satellite communications manufacturer Quasar Satellite Technologies has announced it has been awarded a $5.3 million Defence Innovation Hub contract for space communications and space domain awareness. With more than 50,000 satellites expected to be launched in the next decade, there is a pressing need to improve the way that satellites are supported, and how space…
