Quickstep tapped to bring European cargo drone “from prototype to production”

Composites specialist Quickstep Holdings and Bulgarian cargo drone company Dronamics have announced a partnership, with the Australian company to provide engineering and manufacturing services for an aircraft expected to be delivered next year.  The pair made the MoU announcement at the English defence and aviation trade event, Farnborough International Airshow, on Monday (local time.)  Quickstep…

Ten university-based national security projects awarded funding

Grants totalling $5.8 million have been awarded under the second round of the National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grants (NISDRG) program. Among the ten supported projects announced on Monday were edge computing security in distributed systems, polymeric nanocomposites to shield defence equipment from electromagnetic interference, and “meta-lattice composite materials” to shield defence satellites from…

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Victoria helps businesses ventilate to beat Covid The Victorian government is offering assistance to small businesses wanting to improve indoor air quality with another round of the Small Business Ventilation Program. Eligible businesses can access between $500 and $5,000 for air ventilation and filtration equipment, works or professional services that will improve ventilation. Improving ventilation…

Gekko and Singapore company work together on greener gold processing

Mineral processing specialist Gekko Systems and Singaporean “Clean Mining” company Clean Earth Technologies have announced execution of an MoU that will see them join forces on gold processing projects. In a statement on Friday, the Ballarat-based Gekko said it would combine its Inline Leach Reactor (ILR) and associated equipment with CET’s cyanide and acid-free reagents…