Nova Systems wins Norwegian support contract Nova Systems International will support the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) with Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) of C130J Super Hercules aircraft. This is a major milestone for us that supports operational capability delivery for the RNoAF, and builds on the existing contracts with Norwegian Government departments. “Nova Systems…
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Solar cell manufacturer and renewable energy project developer RayGen Resources has completed a $51 million capital raise, led by oil and gas services company SLB. In a statement on Monday from state government investment vehicle Breakthrough Victoria – which contributed $20 million through the round – it said that RayGen would use the funding “to…
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Today @AuManufacturing launches its latest editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – Turbocharging Australia’s Innovation Effort – with the bad, in fact the very bad news. After steadily rising since the 1980s, Australia’s innovation effort as measured by R&D spending has slumped dramatically in the past decade. Peter Roberts sets the scene. Innovation is the…
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Today @AuManufacturing launches its new editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – Turbocharging Australia’s Innovation Effort – with the facts about the crash in R&D over the past decade. Here in this edited excerpt (full paper link below) Dr John Howard details the innovation slump. In 1981, Australia spent 0.90% of its GDP on R&D…
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What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) From soft plastics waste to structural building panels Australian composites manufacturer Sustainable Infrastructure Systems (SIS) has revealed innovative structural building panels made from glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) and discarded soft plastics. The lightweight, high-strength composite panels are…
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Australian infrastructure, property development and investment management company Wagner has joined with Boeing to grow the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry to help meet Australia’s airline demand for jet fuel. With demand set to grow 75 percent over the next 25 years Wagner, which owns the Wellcamp Business Park and Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport in Queensland,…
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Australia has welcomed what the Department of Defence described as ‘the significant and tangible steps’ made by the United States Government to further streamline export control licensing requirements for AUKUS trilateral partners. The announcement of a licence-free environment between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States will revolutionise collaboration and enable unprecedented levels of…
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By Peter Roberts The federal government has accelerated the roll out of renewable power generation and storage with the country’s biggest ever tender. But despite Canberra’s plans for a Future Made in Australia, there was no mention of a role for local industry in the announcement made this morning. The Federal and NSW climate change…
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By Peter Roberts The once high flying electric vehicle charger manufacturer Tritium DCFC has succumbed to a litany of financial problems, with the appointment of voluntary administrators to its three Australian subsidiaries Tritium Pty Ltd, Tritium Holdings and Tritium Nominee. According to a brief statement to the US Securities and Excgange Commission – parent company…
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By Greg Jericho Australia’s economy is less an advanced economy than it is a petrostate style simple economy. That needs to change The announcement that the government would respond to the USA’s Inflation Reduction Act with the “Future Made in Australia” policy was a long time coming but welcome all the same. But while critics…
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