Machinery manufacturer SPEE3D has announced a strategic partnership with energy solutions provider RusselSmith to bring its cold spray additive manufacturing (CSAM) equipment to West Africa. RusselSmith will become a regional partner and value-added reseller for SPEE3D products – deploying, training, selling, and supporting customers in the region’s oil and gas, defence, and commercial industries. RusselSmith…
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Quantum development company Archer Materials has announced improvements in how the company detects single electron spins in a quantum computing device. Quantum computers store and retrieve information at the sub atomic level, utilising different spin states of an atom’s orbiting electrons. The Archer quantum team, led by Dr Simon Ruffell and Dr Byron Villis, has…
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Passive radar manufacturer Silentium Defence has delivered the first tranche of sensor systems for Australia’s Joint Air Battle Management System, AIR6500 being developed by Lockheed Martin Australia. The Silentium Defence MAVERICK passive radar system provides a 3D capability that enables instantaneous, wide-field-of-view surveillance, according to a statement. It also supports tracking of targets with higher…
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Cold spray 3D printer manufacturer Titomic has announced the sale of a TKF 1000 cold spray system to its Repkon Titomic Production Technologies and Trade Co. Inc joint venture for $2.3 million. Repkon Titomic will operate the hybrid cold spray manufacturing facility in Turkey, which will integrate Titomic’s TKF technology with Repkon’s flow-forming techniques to…
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A new project involving Barwon Region Water Corporation and Viva Energy will look at the potential of pure oxygen – created when splitting water through electrolysis – to create mutual benefits for green hydrogen producers and wastewater treatment plant operators. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced on Thursday that it has committed up to…
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Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has backpedaled on its ambitions in green hydrogen, reorganising the mining and energy company and focusing more on familiar downstream green energy opportunities. The company, which has taken what some observers call a ‘scattergun’ approach to green hydrogen opportunities across the globe, has simplified its corporate structure, merging the mining and energy…
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The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen has put forward what he called the government’s ‘sensible (and) pragmatic’ approach to tne future of gas in Australia’s electricity grid. Answering questions at the National Press Club, Bowen said that on the one extreme there was the Coalition with what he called ‘a gas bin…
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Electro Optic Systems (EOS) joined innovators from across Canada and around the world for the Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) programme’s 2024 Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) Sandbox event. At the Canadian event, counter-drone prototypes were put to the test in realistic scenarios with EOS demonstrating its Laser Dazzler technology. Led by Ian…
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The federal government is fast tracking the development of a Guarantee of Origin scheme which will provide the emissions accounting backbone to support the development of Australia’s green industries. The scheme, a component of the Future Made in Australia programme, will issue digital certificates that allow producers, exporters and users to prove where a product…
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Australia has clear defence industry priorities including developing a local drone manufacturing sector. Here Dr Peter Layton examines Defence’s recent drone purchases, and asks why then, do we buy overseas made drones and not the best value or most advanced ones at that? In late February the Minister for Defence Industry launched the Defence Industry…
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