Defence companies vie for slice of $35 billion Australian frigate pie
Detailed planning for Australia’s Hunter Class Frigate Program is well underway as local companies vie for a slice of the $35 billion project.
Detailed planning for Australia’s Hunter Class Frigate Program is well underway as local companies vie for a slice of the $35 billion project.
Chemical technology business Calix (ASX: CXL) has announced a sales revenue increase of 144 per cent in the first half of the financial year.
Queanbeyan’s Lintek has upgraded its facility, and is attempting to increase its participation in the global F-35 program. Lintek employs roughly 50 at the site, and makes microwave and high-frequency printed circuit board using a patented “high vacuum deposition” process, enabling very accurate copper features to be created. It is a supplier to government departments,…
The Victorian government has announced extra funding to encourage recycling and waste minimisation in the state’s businesses.
The NSW government has announced a review of the state’s $2.3 billion TAFE system, headed by businessman David Gonski and Western Sydney University Chancellor Peter Shergold, which will report back by July.
A 12-month trial between the Australian Army, Charles Darwin University and 3D printer manufacturer SPEE3D has been launched, and will provide training to soldiers for “3D printing in the field.”
Recent reports from scientists pursuing a new kind of nuclear fusion technology are encouraging, but we are still some distance away from the “holy grail of clean energy”.
The transformation of the national electricity market has “progressed at a remarkable pace and scale” over the last year as it moves towards renewables, but security is a critical issue, according to the Energy Security Board.
Boomerang Labs is surveying entrepreneurs, as well as corporations, governments and other large organisations to take a snapshot of the Circular Economy landscape in Australia at present. They will gather this data for a Report ‘Australia and the Circular Economy: The Current Landscape and Opportunities Ahead’. They hope to replicate this each year to track progress.…
A new advanced manufacturing centre in South Australia will allow ballistics company XTEK to expand in to new markets, including the US, and new industries such as space.