The federal government’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) has selected EM Solutions to upgrade the Royal Australian Navy’s SATCOM systems across its existing fleet of vessels, sparking a major expansion for the Brisbane company. Worth $150 million over seven years, this is by far the largest contract ever signed by EM Solutions which will…
CSIRO and university and industry partners are testing an Australian-made CyanoSat hyperspectral imager which was recently launched into low Earth orbit on board a Skykraft satellite. Canberra-based Skykraft has had a number of satellites launched this year forming part of a constellation of Air Traffic Management satellites, with the latest launched two days ago. The…
Hypersonix continues an eventful few months with news it has been awarded a US patent for technology used in its SPARTAN scramjet design. The company announced on Thursday (Australian time) that it had obtained US Patent Number US11639700B2, protecting certain key features of an “Airframe integrated scramjet with fixed geometry and shape transition for hypersonic…
STÄRKE expands into injection moulding STÄRKE Advanced Manufacturing Group has announced the acquisition of the complete assets of RIAN INDUSTRIES, a 22 machine injection moulding business in Melbourne. Group CEO Al Jawhari said the company would be known as STÄRKE INJECTION MOULDING PTY. LTD. and combined with the company’s facilities in Adelaide and Detroit, Michigan…
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has told industry that the way is open for Australian manufacturers to enter the supply chains of the United States’ submarine construction programme. Addressing the Australian Industry and Defence Network, he said the submarine project would deliver 20,000 jobs in the Australian economy, with the government investing $3 billion over…
