By Peter Roberts The Department of Defence has called for information and ideas leading to the development of a small, capable and genuinely sovereign drone system to be developed and manufactured in Australia. The Department issued a Request For Information (RFI) which is an ‘industry engagement activity’ for the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA)’s first…
Building products group Boral is close to the culmination of a major effort at the site of the new Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) now under construction. According to the company it ‘is in the thick of assembling (the) mobile asphalt plant’ which will be responsible for the airside surfaces at the airport at the…
Pegasus International Group which claims to make the world’s only true roadable flying car capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) has set its eyes on the Dubai market after a successful capital raising. The Mt Waverley, Victoria company showed off a prototype at the Avalon air show (pictured), claiming it was capable of ‘fitting…
Canberra satellite manufacturer Skykraft has completed what it calls a world first trial of space-based VHF voice communications as part of their development of satellites to provide space-based aviation communications and surveillance services. Voice radio communications in the VHF band are used for communications between pilots and air traffic controllers, with VHF radios standard aircraft…
Aerospace composites manufacturer Quickstep moved back into the black in the fourth quarter FY23 as the company continued to recover from operational and supply chain issues that hit the global industry in FY22. The Sydney company told investors that it had experienced favourable outcomes in all three areas of its business leading to the positive…
Cargo drone airline Dronamics has been officially assigned both IATA and ICAO designator codes, opening the way for the company’s Australian made drones to operate as a scheduled airline worldwide. In January @AuManufacturing reported that Sydney Composites manufacturer Quickstep was to manufacture an initial run of 10 drone cargo aircraft for European cargo airline Dronamics…
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will invest $30 million to support development of a domestic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry based on conversion of agricultural feedstocks. Announcing the programme the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen said that a homegrown SAF industry could help decarbonise the hard-to-abate aviation sector and create thousands…
