Space systems and satellite sector manufacturer Inovor Technologies has become the latest company to graduate from the Lockheed Martin Mentor Protégé Program which mentors the leadership teams of key defence suppliers to the company. Inovor joins Clearbox Systems, the first supplier to graduate outside the US, and Silentium Defence which have also benefitted from the…
Grants offered in latest round of Space Innovation Grant funding More money will be available to help get South Australian space technology on the market, when the second round of the SA Space Collaboration and Innovation Fund opens on 30 October 2024. In Round 2, one project will receive $320,000, triple the inaugural round. The…
GreenHy2 to provide hydrogen power generation, storage to Telstra Hydrogen energy storage manufacturer GreenHy2 has signed a Federal Government Grant to provide its Hy2MEDI generation and storage system to Telstra. The System, valued at $1.5 million, will be funded by the Australian Government from the Telecommunications Disaster Resilience Innovation (TDRI) Program, Power Resilience Round. GreenHy2…
Adelaide-based green innovation company Change Climate Pty Ltd has teamed with three iLAuNCH Trailblazer universities to explore the suitability of a bio-epoxy resin for the manufacture of durable composites for aerospace applications. The University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ), The Australian National University and the University of South Australia will work with Climate Change, the maker…
Rocket manufacturer and launch provider Gilmour Space Technologies has announced the passing of a major milestone at its north Queensland spaceport, ahead of the planned maiden launch of its Eris rocket this year. According to a statement from the company on Monday, the wet dress rehearsal test at Bowen Orbital Spaceport saw an Eris rocket…
In-space propulsion company Neumann Space and satellite builder Inovor Technologies will work together on the development of the Neumann Drive propulsion system for Inovor’s growing range of satellite bus platforms. The Neumann Drive, an electric propulsion system based on solid metal propellants, has previously been demonstrated successfully aboard the SpIRIT (Space Industry – Responsive –…
In-space servicing firm Space Machines Company has forged strategic partnerships with two Indian space businesses, aerospace and defence manufacturer Ananth Technologies and space infrastructure company Digantara. The partnerships will play a pivotal role in the upcoming Space MAITRI (Mission for Australia-India’s Technology, Research and Innovation) mission and the launch of Space Machines Company’s second Optimus…
Korea’s Hanwha Defence has deepened its links with Australia’s defence and space industries with a series of MOUs signed with several indigenous industry partners. Hanwha has linked with companies including rocket manufacturer Gilmour Space Technology, navigation systems company Advanced Navigation, and eVTOL/UAS leader AMSL Aero as well as foreign owned communications company Safran in Australia.…
Hypersonic vehicles could be launched as early as 2025 following the signing of a MoU between South Australian spaceport provider Southern Launch and Queensland hypersonic vehicle and scramjet technology manufacturer Hypersonix Launch Systems. Under the MoU, Hypersonix and Southern Launch will work together to develop a mission to launch and return Hypersonix’s test bed vehicles…
Trajan Scientific and Medical’s Neoteryx business has donated Mitra microsampling devices to the Polaris Dawn Mission which has blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in the United States. Polaris Dawn is the first of the Polaris Program’s three human spaceflight missions aiming to reach the highest Earth orbit ever flown, attempt the first-ever commercial…