Govt issues first commercial rocket flight permit
South Australian space company Southern Launch will send a Taiwanese rocket into sub-orbit after receiving the first local permit for commercial rocket activities from the federal government.
HEO Robotics attracts seed funding to support satellite inspection service
Satellite monitoring company HEO Robotics has announced completion of a seed funding round, which will help it launch an in-orbit inspection product and scale its services.
IGO produces Australia’s first lithium chemicals at Kwinana
IGO Ltd has announced it has produced Australia’s first lithium hydroxide chemical products destined for battery manufacturing at its new Kwinana refinery south of Perth. The company, which is focused on mining and the electrification of transport, energy storage and renewable energy generation, is progressing the commissioning of the first train, Train 1, at the…
First WA satellite heads for space, next the Moon
The first Western Australian built satellite, the Binar-1 CubeSat, will be launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a SpaceX rocket on 28 August, before being deployed from the International Space Station (ISS). Designed, coded and built by staff and students from Curtin University’s Space Science and Technology Centre (SSTC), is set to deliver game-changing space…
Critical equipment en route to Australia ahead of mRNA vaccine trials
A $1 million NanoAssemblr machine, a critical part of mRNA vaccine production, has been shipped from Canada ahead of Phase 1 clinical trials for the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
Australia and the future of moving, making and computing
We spoke to local leaders in electrified transport, additive manufacturing and quantum technologies in an attempt to understand what the future holds for each. By Brent Balinski.
The digital path to growth – Reshoring by Evolve Group
Today @AuManufacturing’s editorial series – the digital path to growth – looks at reshoring, and the technology needed to drive success against low-cost competition. Here, Peter Roberts profiles Evolve Group. Ty Hermans, pictured below, doesn’t describe himself as a born manufacturer, and when he took over the Evolve Group from his father in 2005 he…
Gov’t backs medical innovation, research with $79m
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced $79 million in grants for three organisations to help develop new medical devices, medicines and digital health technologies, with half the money going to a venture capital firm focused on early-stage biomedical discoveries.
The digital path to growth – CAD solutions and vision by Jayesh Halgekar
Today @AuManufacturing’s editorial series – the digital path to growth – looks further than IT infrastructure. Here Jayesh Halgekar argues that digitisation is a mindset. Pre COVID-19 many businesses were considering or already enroute to reap the benefits of going digital. The pandemic has fuelled the need for digital transformation, and not just in the…
Hypersonix, PFi Aerospace launch partnership
Aerospace startup Hypersonix has announced a framework agreement with PFi Aerospace, which it says is a significant step towards commercialisation of its scramjet-powered launch offering.