Matrix Composites & Engineering has received a $13 million purchase order to supply a deepwater buoyancy system utilising the company’s innovative syntactic composite foam. The riser buoyancy system will be used on a deep sea oceanographic research vessel in Japan which is involved in seep sea mining, deep sea research and subsea geological surveys. Syntactic…
The iLAuNCH Trailblazer project, universities and industry partners are to establish a manufacturing facility to utilise additive manufacturing techniques to print more durable satellites and hypersonic space vehicle structures. The Innovative Launch, Automation, Novel Materials, Communications and Hypersonics (iLAuNCH) programme, funded by the Department of Education, has linked with South Australian universities and Adelaide-based advanced…
The recently established Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator in the Department of Defence is on the hunt for its most senior staff – its head and an assistant secretary. They will lead the organisation which took over disparate defence innovation efforts including the Defence Innovation Hub and Next Generation Technologies Fund. While these were considered successful,…
Composite road wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution has begun producing its carbon fibre composite road wheels on its automated Mega-line at the same time as it revealed a doubled order backlog and the award of four new wheel programmes by automotive OEMs. The Geelong, Victoria company reported it had commissioned Phase 1 of the Mega-line large-scale…
Ballistic armour and drone technology manufacturer XTEK continues to ride rising global insecurity, reporting another big jump in revenue in FY23. XTEK reported profit after tax of $6.1 million, up seven percent, on revenue up 54 percent to $89.4 million for the year. EBITDA profit was $10.9 million with the company ending the year with…
International shipbuilder Austal has confirmed a NPAT loss for FY23 of $13.6 million, down from a profit of $79.6 million the previous year. The loss, set on revenue up 11 percent to $1.59 billion, is due to provisional losses of $171 million stemming from the construction of steel hulled Navajo class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue…
@AuManufacturing and Epicor’s online webinar is available to view online now discussing automation, smart data and workforce shortages. Our panel discussion moderated by editor Peter Roberts heard from manufacturing CEOs and industry experts on their use of technology to make better use of the staff they have, and on recruitment and retention. Joining the discussion…
Aerospace composites manufacturer has signed an exciting engineering collaboration with the Sovereign Manufacturing Automation for Composites CRC (SoMAC CRC) and Deakin University Geelong’s Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (ISRII) to help bring down the cost of production. An initial 12-month Aeroline programme of research is valued at $1 million, funded 50-50, and forms…
Engineering and systems integration company SYPAQ’s unique cardboard drones are in service in Ukraine, and even took part in a recent bombing raid of Russian airports according to some media reports. The company’s Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System (PPDS) can launch, fly up to 120km and land by itself, delivering supplies or providing a low-cost…
The federal and Western Australian governments have signed a landmark agreement to expand and modernise electricity grids in Perth, the South West and the North West Pilbara region. The Commonwealth-Western Australia Rewiring the Nation deal will bolster WA’s energy security in preparation for increasing use of renewable energy and battery storage. It will be backed…
