By Peter Roberts The federal government has entered into an agreement to buy defence radar systems manufacturer, CEA Technologies, ultimately creating a new Government Business Enterprise (GBE). CEA’s sophisticated radars are standard on board Royal Australian Navy vessels and are currently being retrofitted to Australia’s ANZAC class frigates in a major upgrade by BAE Systems…
Australian defence radar systems manufacturer CEA Technologies has been awarded a $277 million contract to provide advanced capabilities for Australia’s electronic warfare ranges as part of major upgrades to upgrade electronic attack capabilities. Canberra-based CEA will provide a number of fixed and portable emitters to support training exercises and strengthen capability across the Australian Defence…
Canberra-based company CEA Technologies will manufacture four new Air Defence radars as part of the federal government’s $2.7 billion investment in defence’s new Joint Air Battle Management System. Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy welcomed the significant capability boost that the Australian designed and built radars will provide. Conroy said: “The new sensors will be…
Radar and communications specialist CEA Technologies has signed the first contract under the Defence Export Facility.
Canberra’s CEA Technologies and Perth’s Austal (ASX: ASB) are the first manufacturers to receive federal government loans from the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) to boost Australian defence exports. A loan of $90 million has been made to CEA to help build a new manufacturing plant to build its CEAFAR phased array radars in…
Precision engineering manufacturer Australian Precision Technologies (APT) has received a contract from Kongsberg Defence Australia to manufacture components for the KONGSBERG Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Launchers to be delivered under Project SEA 1300. The NSM will replace the Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile currently on the Royal Australian Navy ANZAC class frigates and Hobart class air warfare…
A visionary ocean-energy market innovation hub will be unveiled today to achieve a step-change to accelerate the adoption of integrated, ocean power as an energy solution. To be announced at the Australian Ocean Energy Group’s Market Summit in Hobart, a feasibility study is underway on developing a two stage integrated ocean energy marketplace (IOEM) for…
Roadway signage and traffic systems company Traffic Technologies is to raise $10.3 million from investors through a non-renounceable rights issue which is underway. The company has previously raised $2.17 million from sophisticated investors including $1 million from First Samuel. The company, which manufactures traffic hardware and provides software for end to end traffic management, IoT…
The Australian developed and manufactured CEAFAR-2L air search radar has reached Initial Operating Capability status mounted aboard the Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac Class frigates. CEAFAR, manufactured by SEA Technologies, is an active phased array radar with a unique microwave tile-based design incorporating Digital Beam Forming (DBF) technology. Originally delivered to the navy in 2010, the…
Comment by Peter Roberts CSIRO’s Synroc synthetic rock method for safely storing radioactive waste is making headlines again (more on that later), but as someone who has been around for a while it all just demonstrates yet again the topsy turvy way we see innovation in Australia. Synroc was unveiled in 1978 by a team…
