Today in our editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – Turbocharging Australia’s Innovation Effort – Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy explains how the government has built new structures to link defence innovation with commercial outcomes, building the defence industrial base in the process. A strong and sovereign innovation, science and technology sector is critical to…
Drone flight operations company Sphere Drones has been granted a Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Area Approval for its site near Wagga Wagga, NSW by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. The BVLOS approval allows the business to demonstrate its BVLOS drone operations for customers, whilst further testing and developing its innovative HubX platform. HubX…
Drone detection and countermeasure manufacturer DroneShield has topped off a year of rapid growth with a fully underwritten $75 million capital raising. The company is raising $70 million via a share placement, and an additional $5 million through a share purchase plan. The cash will be used to build up inventory to support a sales…
Drone detection and countermeasure manufacturer DroneShield can look forward to greater opportunities selling to European militaries following an approval from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). The approval awarded via COBBS BELUX BV, DroneShield’s in-country Belgium and Luxembourg partner, is the first Counter-small UAS procurement framework agreement in NATO history. The initial agreement is…
Titomic announces sale of TKF metal 3D printing systems 3d printer manufacturer Titomic has announced the sale of cold spray additive manufacturing systems and associated equipment to Spanish technology centre Fundacion Centre Technologico Miranda de Ebro (CTME). The sale includes D633 medium-pressure and D523 low-pressure cold spray systems, a powder feeder and integrated spray booth…
EOS Defense Systems USA has participated in the US Army’s Project Convergence Capstone 4 (PC-C4) at the Army’s National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California. The subsidiary of Electro Optic Systems Limited demonstrated the capabilities of an R600 Remote Weapon Station (pictured) equipped with a Northrop Grumman M230LF cannon, coaxial machine gun, and four Javelin…
Drone detection and countermeasure manufacturer DroneShield has been awarded a $900,000 R&D contract from a Five-Eyes government to respond to increases in electronic jamming including potentially on the battlefields of Ukraine. The contract aims to leverage the potential of the DroneSentry-X Mk2 and aims to provide a set of software tools to enhance end-user capabilities…
Communications and defence contractor Electro Optic Systems is to raise $35 million to cater for growth including purchasing long lead time items such as cannon for its in-demand remote weapons systems (RWS, pictured). There has been a surge of recent orders for its large and especially small RWS systems – these enable missiles, cannon and…
Quickstep’s new drone order from Carbonix Composites manufacturer Quickstep has announced a significant follow-on order from Australian partner and advanced drone development company Carbonix. The urgent requirement for 40 Volanti airframes and associated non-recurring engineering is the largest yet received from Carbonix for this drone type. Valued at $1.35 million the order is scheduled to…
Drone manufacturer and solutions provider Carbonix has flown its drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLoS), completing a mission with SA Power Networks inspecting 150km of powerlines in remote South Australia. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) approved BVLoS mission paves the way for Carbonix’s drones to inspect South Australia’s vast electricity distribution network of…
