Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

ARE receives $5m grant for rare earths development Australian Rare Earths has received a $5 million grant from the federal government’s International Partnerships in Critical Minerals Program. The funding will support additional metallurgical test work, completion of a pre-feasibility study and building/operating a demonstration plant at the company’s Koppamurra project, a frontier ionic clay rare…

Defence industry security portal upgrade

Defence has modernised membership processes for the Defence Industry Security Program which ensures the security of the defence-industry relationship and supply chain. The latest DISP Membership Portal capability release (pictured) enables self-management services for existing DISP companies for the first time. The capability release will also uplift the cyber security assessment process to align with…

New Defence Technologies Academy for Lot Fourteen

The federal and South Australian governments are to invest $60 million towards building an Australian Defence Technologies Academy to be developed at Lot Fourteen innovation precinct in Adelaide. To open in 2026, the academy will drive sovereign research and development of defence capabilities, according to a statement. The state-of-the-art facility will provide digital training, education…

Australia, US in joint autonomy studies

The Australian Army has joined allies and partners in Project Convergence which is testing and developing networks, robotic and autonomous systems, air defence and strike related systems. Project Convergence is a US-led campaign of learning through experimentation. The project was designed to aggressively advance and integrate technology across all warfighting domains, to overmatch an adversary…

Secure against cyber attack – view the webinar video

@AuManufacturing’s latest webinar – Secure Your Business Against Cyber Attack – is now available for you to view via our Youtube channel. Hear co-editor Peter Roberts in conversation with Grant Tinney, Founder, Chairman/CTO at STÄRKE – Advanced Manufacturing Group, Julie Harrison, CEO and Managing Director of Harrison Manufacturing and Michael Murphy, Head of Operational Technology…