EOS test launches Javelin missile from remote weapons station EOS Defense Systems USA has successfully fired anti-tank missiles and a 30mm cannon from an EOS remote weapon station mounted on a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV, pictured). The firings, conducted at the Redstone Test Center, Ala., utilised U.S. Army-supplied Javelin missiles and the Northrop…
Adelaide’s Supashock Defence Technologies and Germany’s Rheinmetall have signed a major contract to supply Missile Launch Pods (MLP) to the Hungarian Armed Forces. The agreement will see 84 missile launchers exported under a two-year contract, creating approximately 25 jobs within Supashock and a further 85 roles within the local supply chain. Developed in conjunction with…
The federal government has introduced legislation into Federal Parliament that shakes up Australia’s workplace bargaining laws, delivering on a range of commitments Labor made at the 2022 election and at the Jobs and Skills Summit. The Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is the first tranche of the Albanese Labor Government’s workplace relations reforms – designed…
The world’s most technologically advanced automated traffic cone placement truck has been unveiled in Melbourne after two years of real-world testing to prove its safety credentials. The truck’s inventor, Arrowes, joined with stakeholders including the Victorian Government and major infrastructure construction companies to launch the truck at Holmesglen Institute’s Victorian Tunnelling Centre which is training…
Michael Slattery has written in @AuManufacturing previously about the effect the unexpected cancellation of defence contracts has on SME defence manufacturers. Here, he argues that while out of pocket SMEs are still waiting for a solution, decision paralysis has set in in defence. On the morning of September 16, 2021 I had secured two appointments.…
Perth international shipbuilder Austal Australia’s Research and Development (R&D) team has been tapping the power of artificial intelligence to enhance ship operation for many years. The company, the world’s largest builder of aluminium ships, has now revealed in the Ocean Engineering journal the use of AI for accelerating hull form optimisation, to maximise hull form…
An Australian Innovation eXchange (AIX) has been launched to support the translation of Australia’s world leading innovation across all industry sectors. The AIX, a subsidiary of METS Ignited Industry Growth Centre, is a national programme that facilitates partnerships between researchers and technology companies, helping establish new pathways for commercialisation. This will include expanding Australian technology…
Legislation to establish Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) which will provide advice to government about skills needs has successfully passed federal Parliament. Minister for Skills and Training Brendan O’Connor said: “The Albanese Government recognises the urgency of the skills crisis facing the nation, which is why the swift passage of this legislation is such an…
The first Labor budget in a decade has been generally well received, but not by Tim McLean. Here he mourns the loss of AusIndustry’s Entrepreneurs Programme, a victim of government cuts. Read the media and you would think that the #federalbudget was a undisputed boon to Australian manufacturing. However hidden in the detail is the…
SEA Electric creates all electric fuel truck Electric vehicle drivetrain manufacturer SEA Electric’s collaboration with Air bp and Refuel International had produced Australia’s first electric aviation refueller (pictured). The company has developed a number of specialist electric trucks with users, describing the latest truck development as ‘perhaps our most interesting final application to date, with…
