Technology process control and chemistry company SciDev (ASX: SDV) has won its first customer in the competitive United States oil and gas sector. The Sydney company announced its first order, valued at more than $1 million, for friction reduction technology which will be utilised in the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico. The company…
Perth oral drug delivery manufacturer Suda Pharmaceuticals has won patent protection for its FDA approved anagrelide treatment for a wide range of cancers. Suda is now the only company with a patent covering the use of anagrelide in the treatment and prevention of metastatic disease in the bone or lung, and a wide range of…
By Stuart Corner of IoTAustralia Unlisted Australian public company Hydra Light International is looking to raise $5 million to commercialise its battery-alternative technology that generates electricity from a chemical reaction between oxygen and a magnesium alloy. The form factor of the core product is the size of two D cells, and the main advantage claimed…
Fertiliser and industrial chemicals manufacturer Incitec Pivot (ASX: IPL) has reported progress in an ambitious project to add to the eastern Australian domestic supply of gas. The company, whose major input is gas which has become prohibitively costly on the east coast, reported progress on its 50-50 joint venture with Central Petroleum (ASX: CTP) at…
Gilmour Space Technologies is preparing to launch its second Ariel-class suborbital rocket, One Vision, to flight test the company’s hybrid rocket engine and mobile launch capability. The rollout of the new rocket, reported by @AuManufacturing in February, has been followed by a period of increased activity for the company. Gilmour Space CEO, Adam Gilmour said:…
Defence and space manufacturer Electro Optic Systems (ASX: EOS) has celebrated 21 years of continuous operation of its EOSCOM communications and science test satellite. The satellite was launched on 17 July, 1998 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and has been involved in numerous scientific experiments and helped developed advanced technologies and devices. EOS is best…
Australian-made GA8 light aircraft have been grounded after a fatal crash in Sweden which killed all nine occupants. On Saturday the Civil Aviation Safety Administration issued a statement temporarily suspending from flying 63 Airvan 8 aircraft, manufactured in Gippsland, Victoria by GippsAero. A total of 228 of the aircraft are flying internationally, with the aircraft…
Analysis by Peter Roberts Another day, another example of world-leading science commercialised overseas. The term world-leading is over-used by over-zealous Australians, but it is no exaggeration in describing the contribution by the University of New South Wales’s Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics towards the global uptake of PV solar cells. The Centre, led by Professor Martin…
Australian listed medical imaging company Imagion Biosystems (ASX: IBX) has received approval as a breakthrough device for its breast cancer detection technology from the US Food and Drug Administration. The approval, which gives priority to communications between Imagion and the FDA to speed the development process, is a major step forward for the company, according…
French submarine builder Naval Group has flagged big ambitions for its CANTO anti-torpedo vessel protection decoy, announcing it will partner with local firms to make the system in Australia. CANTO, which generates a 360-degree acoustic signal and hundreds of false targets that confuse an attacking torpedo, will likely be fitted to the Attack class submarines…
