SA AgTech Growth Fund winners announced

Seven South Australian companies supporting primary production and agribusiness have been awarded approximately $600,000 in grants from the second round of the state government’s AgTech Growth Fund, designed to accelerate development and commercialisation. Grants of up to $100,000 are offered through the program to technologies addressing industry challenges regarding drought resilience and climate adaptation; carbon…

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Hypersonix signs US agreement, could supply up to 20 DART AE platforms to Kratos

Brisbane-based hypersonic aircraft company Hypersonix Launch Systems and NASDAQ-listed Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have announced an “exclusive teaming agreement”, with Hypersonix to potentially supply up to 20 DART AE hypersonic systems within the US market, integrated with Kratos’s Zeus family of solid rocket motors.  DART AE is a three-metre-long, single-use, hydrogen-fuelled hypersonic platform, which…

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CSIRO, Boeing map the way to sustainable aviation fuel

CSIRO and Boeing have collaborated on a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) Roadmap to builds consensus on developing an Australian SAF industry, identifying opportunities to produce and scale production using Australian feedstocks. This meets what the organisations call a moment-in-time opportunity to develop a sovereign SAF industry, with domestic demand for jet fuel expected to increase…

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AROSE joins Robotics Australia to boost robotics and automation sectors

A new partnership between remote operations consortium AROSE and the Robotics Australia Group will help connect and grow Australia’s maturing robotics ecosystem, developing opportunities for growth, collaboration and advocacy of remote operations technology. AROSE is an industry-led organisation focused on remote operations science, technology and services on Earth and in Space, while Robotics Australia Group…

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