French company Exail, formerly ECA Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sydney based Solutions from Silicon to provide advanced data management capabilities for both manned and unmanned Mine Countermeasures (MCM) missions in Australia and overseas. This will…
The Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has teamed with Australian-owned company Nova Systems to prototype a new facility for Space Domain Awareness (SDA). The formal partnership will deliver a prototype passive array radar…
The US Space Development Agency (SDA), which is now part of the US Space Force, has issued a Request for Information for developing a low-cost L-band Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) payload which can be added to potentially hundreds of satellites…
A planned launch from Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex in South Australia has been postponed after severe weather caused an electrical fault to the ATSpace Kestrel 1 launch vehicle. Severe thunderstorms, high winds and heavy rain struck the Whalers Way…
Two machine learning experts employed by Adelaide-based Inovor Technologies, Kenny See and Toby Lightheart have won the European Space Agency (ESA) ops-sat machine learning competition, the company has announced. This challenge saw Team Inovor competing from July to October, coming…
Swinburne University’s Melbourne-based Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub (AIR Hub) will develop and trial Australia’s first hydrogen-propelled drone, thanks to a $1.3 million grant from the Australian Government’s Emerging Aviation Technology Partnerships program. The Hydrogen to the Skies (H22S) project will…
Additive manufacturing technology business SPEE3D announced conducted a successful hot fire test of its prototype rocket engine at a test site in Darwin in September. The company’s SPACE3D project focuses on using cold spray Additive Manufacturing (AM) and Advanced Manufacturing…
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Queensland rocket company Black Sky Aerospace (BSA) has successfully fired nine guided weapons from its Southern Queensland launch site, including a barrage of four units from its first-of -type launch POD system. Utilising its own Australian-made solid rocket propellant, BSA…
The Aerostructures Innovation and Research Hub, or AIR Hub, hosted by Swinburne University has set itself the task of addressing some significant technical challenges while positioning Australia’s research and industry sectors to tackle the century’s major emerging opportunities. Among these…