The AROSE consortium and the EPE and Lunar Outpost Oceania consortium will each receive $4 million to design early-stage prototypes of a semi-autonomous Moon rover, as part of plans for an Australian-US mission to the Moon. AROSE, led by Fugro, creators of Australia’s Space Automation, AI & Robotics Control Complex (SpAARC), and Australian-owned engineering services…
Dr Matthew Priestley explains why greater respect and education is needed regarding the use of lithium-ion batteries at home and in the workplace. Lithium-ion batteries are the most widespread portable energy storage solution – but there are growing concerns regarding their safety. Data collated from state fire departments indicate that more than 450 fires across Australia…
More than 30 projects were awarded grants under the federal Accelerating Commercialisation program last week, ranging from pilot-scale superconductor manufacturing to an autonomous vehicle to assist blasting at mine sites. Accelerating Commercialisation is part of the AusIndustry Entrepreneurs’ Programme, and provides funding and advice to help “[b]usinesses, start-ups and researchers” reach global markets with “a…
Pure Hydrogen reaps clean energy rewards Pure Hydrogen announced a rise in revenue during the first half from $206,000 to $6.13 million as it reaped rewards from its focus on developing end to end green hydrogen fuel ecosystems, The rise saw NPAT improve from a loss of $808,000 in the previous corresponding period to a…
By Peter Roberts Really. The utter uselessness of the Productivity Commission’s latest report and recommendations on productivity just released, and the utter uselessness of the PC itself, can be seen in what it says about industry extension services. These services are the expression of the idea that small firms, as are common in Australian business,…
Assistant Minister for Manufacturing Tim Ayres has stepped up reform of rail sector procurement in response to a damning report suggesting importation has cost governments $2 billion and lost local opportunities. Ayres told ABC News Afternoon Briefing that the cost to the taxpayer over the past decade of not having effective national procurement strategies was…
SME manufacturers are sizing up what they know about plans for Australia to use US Virginia class submarines, then construct a UK design in Adelaide. Here Michael Slattery navigates what we know, and don’t know, only to emerge concerned that local manufacturing activity has been put off into a distant future. Another announcement delivered by…
To begin the second week of @AuManufacturing’s Celebrating Australian sovereign capability series, Brent Balinski speaks to Adam Gilmour from Gilmour Space Technologies about the company’s planned orbital launch. If things go to plan, this year Gilmour Space Technologies will become the first Australian company to build a rocket and put it into orbit. The company,…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) CELEBRATING AUSTRALIAN SOVEREIGN CAPABILITY – INTRODUCTION TO OUR NEW EDITORIAL SERIES We have all heard the phrase – sovereign manufacturing capabilities. But what does it mean for Australia in the 21st century, what are they and how…
Hypersonix Launch Systems has been selected from a field of 63 respondents by the United States’ Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to provide aircraft for hypersonic tests, the company’s first major contract. The DIU selected Hypersonix for the “Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities” (HyCAT1) program, which seeks to test in a “representative environment”, maintaining speeds…
