The first shipbuilding apprentices to join the Hunter Class Frigate Program have been welcomed to South Australia’s Osborne Naval Shipyard. Eighteen high school students are the first of 1000 apprentices and graduates who will be employed by BAE Systems Australia’s shipbuilding subsidiary, ASC Shipbuilding, building nine new ships. A second intake of 22 students will…
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Comment by Peter Roberts Australian Strategic Materials’ (ASM) Korean research and development partner, ZironTech has successfully produced a kilogramme of neodymium metal alloy. While this would normally be seen as a win for Australia the fact that production took place in ZironTech’s laboratory in South Korea rings alarm bells. Neodymium is a critical rare earth…
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Airbus Helicopters has linked up with more thar 20 Australian partners to form Team Nightjar which will bid for a fleet of military helicopters. The consortium is aiming to snare Project LAND 2097 Phase 4 contract to build new helicopters for Defence’s Special Operations group. Team Nightjar members include Cablex, Cyborg Dynamics, Deakin University, DEWC,…
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The Industry Capability Network (ICN) has partnered with Brisbane software developer IONYX to launch ICN Connect, a new B2B marketplace. Developed after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, ICN Connect is designed to make it easier for buyers looking for products and services to find someone to meet those needs. It is aimed at businesses that need…
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Among Australia’s manufacturing community — which has been identified as a potential source of growth post-Covid — there is hope that consumers and others will buy more local goods now and when the pandemic has finally passed.
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Bluescope Steel and Geelong startup FormFlow have signed a deal to commercialise a “world first, patented technology and process” that bends corrugated steel profiles at sharp angles without damaging their structure or coating.
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The Hadrian X bricklaying robot system (pictured) has completed its first commercial display house, a project home in the Perth suburb of Dayton. The robot completed laying the concrete blockwork of the walls on Saturday, capping off a 15 year development process which has seen numerous prototype machines and buildings completed. FBR Limited, which developed…
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Gilmour Space has announced a 110-second, full-duration test of the upper-stage of its three-stage hybrid launch vehicle.
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Analysis by Peter Roberts Australia’s defence forces, science and industry appear to be working more closely together today than they have at any time since the 1960s on the shared task of ensuring the country’s national security. This became a little clearer in the past week with the release of the 2018-19 Defence Industry and…
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Engineering firm Valley Precise Global has begun manufacture of a faster and more accurate way to reduce potential fuselage damage when replacing faulty rivets on aircraft. VPG’s Rivet Hole Alignment Tool (RHAT) reduces demands on the technician whilst eliminating errors related to centering over the rivet for subsequent drilling and reaming. Manufactured under an exclusive…
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