Prudent and targeted – budget delivers for industry

By Peter Roberts The federal treasurer Jim Chalmers tonight delivered a prudent budget that better targets the needs of industry and manufacturing. In a budget speech laden with words such as sensible and responsible, Chalmers said: “The budget implements our commitments to the Australian people to deliver cheaper child care, fee-free TAFE, cleaner and cheaper…

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Silentium launches deployable space surveillance system

Passive radar manufacturer Silentium Defence has launched a new, world-first ‘observatory-in-a-box’ capability for improved Space Domain Awareness and Space Traffic Management. Designed and built in Australia, the deployable observatories combine Silentium’s MAVERICK S passive radar for detection and tracking of objects in Low-Earth-Orbit, with custom built, off-grid cabins for rapid, covert surveillance of space, at…

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DroneShield wins large order for counterdrone technology in Asia

Artificial intelligence defence technology company DroneShield has received close to $1m in orders for its counterdrone technology, as war in Ukraine demonstrates an increasing need for military anti-drone capabilities. The $900,000 order for the portable counterdrone system is from a government agency of a country allied with the West. DroneShield CEO, Oleg Vornik, said the…

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Government backs LBT Innovations APAS medical equipment

Microbiology diagnostic equipment manufacturer LBT Innovations has been awarded $1.5 million in federal government funding to support further development of the company’s APAS Independence laboratory instrument (pictured). The funding from the Medical Future Fund through MTPConnect’s clinical translation and commercialisation medtech programme will support development of a new, smaller benchtop version of the APAS instrument,…

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