Defence technology and engineering solutions provider KBR is to deliver sustainment services supporting the Australian Defence Force’s satellite communications service. The company has been selected as the industry partner to sustain Aggregated Monitoring and Control (AM&C) of Satellite Earth Stations. The programme of work will be supported by specialist Australian SME Blacktree Technology and US…
Melbourne-based ElectraLith Pty Ltd has announced that its next-generation DLE-RTM technology has successfully produced battery grade lithium hydroxide from very concentrated brines known as Salar brines, geothermal oilfield brines and spodumene (lithium ore) leach. The technology, Backed by Rio Tinto, IP Group and Monash University, included production of 99.9 percent pure lithium hydroxide from a…
The final tranche of the Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) Seed pilot program has been announced, with funding totalling approximately $11 million awarded to 36 projects that are between Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 3 and TRL 5. AEA said in a statement on Monday that the grants focus on three of the federal government’s priority areas for…
Shipbuilder Austal has been awarded a $84.4 million fixed-priced contract modification for the construction of two additional Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700-class vessels (pictured) for the United States Navy. The contract modification brings the total number of LCU scheduled or under construction at Austal USA to five of a class that the USN originally envisaged…
Following last week’s hearings in Hobart, the House Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Resources heads to Melbourne to listen to witnesses including Pact Group, Australian Dairy Products Federation and Food Frontier on Wednesday. The eighth public hearings in the inquiry into food and beverage manufacturing will run from 9:00 a to 2:30 pm (AEST)…
UNSW Sydney engineering researchers have created a system based on a solar PV panel and a photocatalyst, able to create ammonia from wastewater and likened to a leaf. According to a statement from the university on Monday, a team led by UNSW Scientia Professor Rose Amal and Professor Xiaojing Hao used a “nano-structured thin layer…
LoomTex Pty Ltd has survived in business for a century to become Australia’s last woollen furnishing textile weaving mill and dye house. Now with a name change the company, a joint venture between Instyle Contract Textiles and Colan Australia, has a vision to become one of the most innovative and sustainable textile manufacturers in Australia.…
Defence and space manufacturer Aerobond has completed its major expansion into a new 3,500 square metre headquarters facility (pictured) which will manufacture launch cannisters for the Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile. The new facility at Woodville in Adelaide adds to capacity at the company’s 1,500 square metre Adelaide Airport factory and sets the company up to…
The Department of Defence has launched a Defence Digital Engineering Strategy to transform how it works with businesses and speed up capability acquisition and address operational gaps. The strategy is a key outcome of the Defence Industry Development Strategy and 2024 National Defence Strategy, which identified the need for Defence to accelerate digital technologies. According…
Liontown Resources produces first lithium Battery Materials producer Liontown Resources has produced its first lithium spodumene concentrate at Kathleen Valley in Western Australia, following the commissioning of the wet plant and end-to-end operation of the value chain. The milestone marks the start of production ramp-up to nameplate throughput of 3Mtpa, currently expected by the end…