In the final day of @AuManufacturing’s special editorial series, Land Forces 2022, we look at contract manufacturing firm GPC Electronics. Brent Balinski speaks to Managing Director Christopher Janssen. Defence makes up about 10 to 15 per cent of turnover at GPC Electronics, the Western Sydney contract electronics manufacturer run by Christopher Janssen. He describes it…
Electro Optic Systems’ SpaceLink satellite subsidiary has been awarded a contract by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to study how the company’s proposed commercial optical satellite ground terminals will integrate into the Near Space Network. The funded study includes a demonstration of end-to-end transport of multi-source data at the SpaceLink gateway in the Mojave…
Next in @AuManufacturing’s special editorial series, Land Forces 2022, we include an interview with SPEE3D’s Steve Camilleri, recorded during last week’s Land Forces expo in Brisbane. SPEE3D did not set out to work with defence, a market that now makes up about half of the Australian technology company’s business, according to co-founder and CTO Steve…
QuantX Labs has reached a major milestone in the development of its flagship technology, the Sapphire Cryogenic Clock or Cryoclock for short. Following nearly two years of work upgrades and improvements, the technology has passed through a full acceptance testing and is ready for inclusion into the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN). JORN is a…
Today @AuManufacturing’s special editorial series, Land Forces 2022, looks at some uses of cold spray additive manufacturing in an interview with Titomic’s Dominic Parsonson. Satellite radiation shielding. Gun barrel manufacturing. Ballistic protection. Pressure vessels. To speak to Dominic Parsonson, Head of Sales at Titomic, is to hear a person discernibly excited about the potential –…
Curious about what people were most interested in during the week just finished? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. NIOA WINS CONTRACT FOR NEXT GENERATION ARMY WEAPONS The Federal Government has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Queensland company NIOA to start acquiring and supplying the next generation of small arms for the…
Perth shipbuilder Austal is to commence planning, modification, and test and evaluation of autonomous and remotely operated systems, using as a test bed a de-commissioned Royal Australian Navy patrol boat. Austal has taken possession of former Armidale-class Patrol Boat (ACPB), the former HMAS Maitland, from the Commonwealth for its Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial (PBAT) in…
Today in our special editorial series Land Forces 2022, we turn to the key role of the companies and institutions that make up the defence industry sector in supporting national security. Here Andrew Gresham looks at defence industry as an instrument of national power. To understand the Australian defence industry’s role as an instrument of…
New ATSE President appointed Dr Katherine Woodthorpe will become the next President of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engneering (ATSE) on January 1 next year. “It is an honour and a privilege to be elected President by over 900 of Australia’s brightest minds in science, technology, engineering and mathematics,” said Woodthorpe. “At a time…
Ampcontrol Group is set to create more than 200 manufacturing roles across Australia by the end of 2023 as they scale up their operations in response to winning major contracts with a total value of $41 million with BHP and Western Power. Ampcontrol company CPS National has been named a key delivery partner for the…
