A new research centre which has just opened in Port Melbourne has showcased its first fruits with a two-year partnership between RMIT University and Elbit Systems of Australia to tackle natural disasters. Gregor Ferguson Elbit Systems of Australia, or ELSA,…
Canberra-based technology company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has appointed Shane Geisler as its inaugural Chief Information Officer (CIO). The new role will see Shane take responsibility for aligning the company’s global ICT systems as well as for cyber security in…
Melbourne-based DMTC Limited is seeking Expressions of Interest for collaborative project proposals focused on Medical Countermeasures (MCM). The call for EoIs is being issued by Health Security Systems Australia (HSSA), a division of DMTC Limited which aims to build sovereign…
Elbit Systems of Australia’s (ELSA) Centre of Excellence in Human-Machine Teaming and Artificial Intelligence is teaming up with RMIT University to develop drone technology to protect lives amid the chaos of unfolding disasters. The two-year partnership, announced at the ELSA…
The joint Boeing – NATO PROJECT X innovation challenge which finished earlier this year has generated new ideas for autonomous systems to reach inaccessible locations and improve situation awareness, says the company. This three-month-long intense rapid-prototyping competition allowed innovators from…
Melbourne-based Swinburne University of Technology and Ernst & Young Australia have launched a new Space Tech Hub supported by $3 million of funding from EY. The new hub is designed to tackle major environmental and economic issues using cutting-edge space…
Canberra-based EOS Space Systems has upgraded its membership of the SmartSat CRC from a supporting partner to become the 20th core partner alongside leading universities and global corporations such as Airbus, BAE Systems and Nova Systems. The company’s subsidiary, EM…
Sydney-based SME Cirrus Real Time Processing Systems has been awarded a contract to upgrade the functionality of the RAN’s Generic COMCEN System ("GCS") simulation training system. The GCS provides a synthetic environment within which Navy's Communications and Information Systems (CIS)…
The Catalyst Accelerator, sponsored by the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), US Space Force and ONE Dev LLC, is accepting applications from Australian and other international SMEs to take part in its tenth cohort. This is the first internationally…
Ignored in the coverage of the Quad Leaders’ Summit just after Australia’s Federal election was a Joint Statement by US President Biden and the Republic of Korea’s head of Government, President Yoon Suk Yeol. Against the background of an activist…