Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a final settlement with France’s Naval Group which cuts $2 billion from the expected cost of Australia’s decision to scrap the purchase of Attack class submarines from France. Albanese today announced Australia will pay Naval Group an $830 million settlement of the cancelled a $90-billion contract, bringing the estimated…
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Equatorial Launch Australia also plans to construct a larger launch facility, with three launch pads, accommodating larger rockets and payloads. Several more launches are planned this year. The company is aiming to have 50 or more launches a year by 2024 and 2025.
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Metal additive manufacturing technology manufacturer Titomic will create radiation shielding for South Australian company Fleet Space Technologies’ first Alpha satellites in 2023 – expected to be the world’s first fully 3D printed satellites. Titomic will use its Titomic Kinetic Fusion (TKF) technology to mitigate ionizing radiation to prolong the satellite’s lifespan through a cold spray…
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Aboriginal business forum kicks off in WA The Mid-West of Western Australia’s first-ever Aboriginal Business Forum kicked off this week to harness opportunities and celebrate recent successes. State government ministers launched the Geraldton event, and more than 200 people from local aboriginal businesses, state agency buyers, head contractors and local industry attended. The event supports…
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In the final day of our two-week Celebrating Australian Made series, @AuManufacturing looks at Seed Terminator, a company whose machines fit onto combine harvesters and play a role in weed control for crop farmers. By Brent Balinski
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@AuManufacturing’s Celebrating Australian Made editorial series concludes today with something Australian Made by @AuManufacturing – the first in our How It’s Made – Australia video series. Here we look behind the manufacturing scenes at how an A.H. Beard mattress is manufactured. @AuManufacturing news today launches the first video, presented in association with producers Cahoots and…
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A University of Sydney team is is developing a surgical planning tool to assist surgeons in planning complex jawbone reconstruction procedures using new generation medical devices such as bone regrowth bio-scaffolds. The scaffolds (editors note: similar to those made by Australian company Osteopore) are used instead of traditional titanium implants in jaw or orthognathic surgery…
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Leading technology being developed by South Australia’s Dematec Automation could sit at the heart of the all-digital Osborne naval shipyard being established in Adelaide by BAE Systems Australia. BAE Systems, which will deliver nine advanced anti-submarine frigates to the Royal Australian Navy, has collaborated with Dematec to build a digital platform capability demonstrator. The demonstrator…
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Today @AuManufacturing’s Celebrating Australian Made editorial series captures a little of the Australian pride regional manufacturer Haymes Paint has for its home grown pedigree. And it is facing the future optimistically with a new, very contemporary look. Iconic paint brand Haymes Paint is encouraging all Australians to get behind local manufacturers, producers and growers this…
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Australia’s only solar panel maker Tindo Solar has joined forces with business finance expert Moula Pay to enable resellers and installers to increase their stocks of solar panels on interest-free terms. The partnership enables more than 1,000 Tindo Solar panel installers and resellers to buy up to $250,000 of solar panels from the Adelaide-based company,…
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