Engineering and systems integration company SYPAQ’s unique cardboard drones are in service in Ukraine, and even took part in a recent bombing raid of Russian airports according to some media reports. The company’s Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System (PPDS) can launch, fly up to 120km and land by itself, delivering supplies or providing a low-cost…
Engineering firm Sypaq Systems will establish a new Defence Autonomy Centre of Excellence at Fishermans Bend, Melbourne.
Titomic sells 3D print system to Volvo Machinery manufacturer Titomic has sold a D523 low-pressure cold spray additive manufacturing system to the Volvo Group of Sweden for a contract price of $90,865. The unit will be used in the company’s repair and remanufacture operations and ‘is a testament to the company’s growing recognition and credibility…
Aerial drones will be testsed as part of a federal government initiative aimed at supporting innovation and delivering capabilities for the Australian Defence Force (ADF). A total of 11 companies have signed contracts to provide a prototype of a drone, known as an uncrewed aerial system (UAS), for demonstration in April along with a production…
The federal government has announced a number of naval defence industry contracts where work flows to SME technology companies and manufacturers. In separate announcements, defence industry minister Melissa Price revealed new contracts for the $50 billion Attack class submarines and a R&D grant to develop naval unmanned systems. Price announced: # Lockheed Martin had signed…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) Neo-Bionica launches onshore critical medical manufacturing process Advanced MedTech contract manufacturer Neo-Bionica has revealed the expansion of its manufacturing services with the launch of its new hermitization capability – a first for Australian industry. Hermitization is a critical…
By Paul Cureton, Lancaster University Innovative design choices can have a massive impact in the theatre of war, so it is important to understand the principles behind their development. Recent use of low-cost cardboard drones by Ukraine, supplied by Australia, to attack targets in Russia is a good example of how this can work. Australia…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) Government buys sea mines, ‘potentially’ locally assembled The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has announced it will purchase new, smart sea mines, which will reinvigorate Defence’s maritime mining capability, and are deployable from submarines, ships and aircraft, according to…
By Peter Layton, Griffith University The United States military plans to start using thousands of autonomous weapons systems in the next two years in a bid to counter China’s growing power, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced in a speech on Monday. The so-called Replicator initiative aims to work with defence and other…
