Aurora Labs wins $544,000 defence grant for production scale-up

Defence, Manufacturing News

Aurora Labs announced on Wednesday it had been awarded a Defence Industry Development Grant of $544,333 on a 50/50 co-investment basis to support the acquisition of advanced manufacturing equipment. The 3D metal printing company said it had been selected as a priority sovereign industrial manufacturer for defence applications under the Sovereign Industrial Priorities Stream. The…

Australian Precision Technologies wins missile contract

Defence, Manufacturing News

Precision engineering manufacturer Australian Precision Technologies (APT) has received a contract from Kongsberg Defence Australia to manufacture components for the KONGSBERG Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Launchers to be delivered under Project SEA 1300. The NSM will replace the Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile currently on the Royal Australian Navy ANZAC class frigates and Hobart class air warfare…