Innovation and R&D have always been the essential foundations of a strong, sustainable defence industry. Australia’s 2016 Defence White Paper, Defence Industry Policy Statement (DIPS) and Defence Integrated Investment Program (DIIP) acknowledge the importance of successful Defence R&D and innovation to the nation’s defence industry and thus to Australian defence policy. The 2020 Defence Force Structure Plan reinforced these foundations.
EX2 was set up by Dr Gregor Ferguson, a defence industry and innovation analyst and consultant, to make a useful contribution in Australia’s new and welcoming defence business environment.
EX2 helps innovators in Defence, the research sector and industry, and especially SMEs, by providing news and insight about innovation in Defence and adjacent sectors such as space, aerospace and resources.
Gregor Ferguson writes, teaches, advises and runs a national program designed to encourage and reward innovators in the defence, aerospace and maritime domains in both industry and the research and academic communities.
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Dr Gregor Ferguson, Ph.D, BA (Hons), MRAeS
The Defence Science & Technology Group (DSTG) is calling for Expressions of Interest by companies and institutions conducting R&D projects aligned with its Socio-Technical Futures Analysis program. Expressions of interest are due no later than 30 September 2022. DSTG has…
“it’s now really clear that we need the asymmetry that Science and Technology provides because of the worsening geopolitical circumstances, and we need to find ways to accelerate taking those good ideas that come from R&D and pulling them through…
NASA has awarded US company Axiom Space a $228.8 million contract to design and manufacture a next generation Artemis spacesuit and supporting systems, and to demonstrate their use on the lunar surface during the Artemis III mission. This mission, scheduled…
Saber Astronautics has been awarded a US$540,000 grant as a part of the Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) Program by AFWERX, the innovation arm of the US Department of Air Force (US DAF). The TACFI award supports the further development and…
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will hold a Proposer’s Day Expo on September 20th, 2022, to enable potential participants to show off their capabilities and to familiarise themselves with its requirements for the next generation of Vertical…
Gilmour Space Technologies will be testing Inmarsat’s new space-based telemetry technology, InRange, on its maiden orbital launch in 2023. Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications has signed an agreement with Gilmour Space Technologies to support space launches…
UK company BAE Systems is set to launch a multi-sensor satellite cluster into low Earth orbit in 2024 to deliver high-quality information and intelligence in real time from space to military customers. Known as AzaleaTM, the group of four satellites will use…
American Rheinmetall Vehicles has formed a strategic partnership with Anduril Industries in pursuit of the U.S. Army’s Optionally-Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program. American Rheinmetall Vehicles leads Team Lynx in offering the Army a next-generation Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) solution for…
CSIRO has called for Victorian Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) with new innovation ideas contributing to sovereign defence and security to apply for a free upcoming tailored CSIRO program, aimed at helping businesses build their research and development (R&D) knowledge.…
Rocket Lab USA, Inc has successfully test fired a reused Rutherford first stage engine for the first time – a significant technical achievement in the Company’s efforts to make its Electron launch vehicle the world’s first reusable orbital small rocket.…
