Thales’ Wide Area Network contract extension

Thales Australia has been awarded a contract extension by the Department of Defence for an Internet Protocol (IP) based Maritime Tactical Wide Area Network (MTWAN) system. Part of the Royal Australian Navy’s Maritime Communications Modernisation and network centric warfare priorities, the contract was let under the navy’s SEA 1442 Phase 3 programme. Thales’s MTWAN is…

ARENA acts on transmission line monitoring

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced a grant of $732,493 to Infravision Pty Ltd to develop, test and trial their ‘Next Generation Line Monitoring System’ to optimise electrical transmission grid performance. This innovation, delivering faster, safer and more cost-efficient drone-enabled line enhancements to electrical infrastructure, is an added feature to Infravision’s TX…

Ausdrill deploys HALO to WA

Drilling and blasting services provider Ausdrill has deployed its innovative HALO virtual reality and rock scaling robotic system into Western Australia ahead of site trials slated for next year. HALO (High Access Localised Operations) allows Rope Access Technicians to move to a safe distance where they can visualise the robot’s sensor data via video, and…