Australian and UK researchers and innovators have moved a step closer to establishing an Advanced Manufacturing Research Exchange to collaborate on modern manufacturing methods that could be adapted to shipbuilding and marine operations under way in both hemispheres. A Memorandum…
Defence, in collaboration with the United States Space Force (USSF), has achieved Initial Operational Capability of the WA-based Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) to provide greatly enhanced Space Domain Awareness (SDA). As announced at the 2012 Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN),…
Army is seeking an industry partner to apply their expertise and bring innovative and novel thinking to ensure Army’s combat command, control, communications and computing (C4) workforce will remain effective in the future. Forward thinking companies developing solutions that challenge…
The US Air Force has awarded Raytheon Missiles and Defense a US$985,348,124 contract to develop and demonstrate Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) prototypes, under a multi-year bilateral program with Australia. The award underscores the U.S. Air Force’s focus on increasing…
SIAA, in partnership with the Australian Space Agency, NSW Government and BE Sydney, will host the 2025 International Astronautical Congress, IAC2025, in Sydney. The IAC was last held in Australian in 2017 when the announcement was made that Australian would…
The 34th Congress of the International Council for the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) will be held in Sydney. The announcement came after the ICAS 2022 conference which was held in Stockholm, Sweden from 4 to 9 September. No date for the…
US-based launch provider Virgin Orbit has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Wagner Corporation, proprietor of the Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport and Business Park in Queensland, to conduct space launches using Virgin orbit’s LauncherOne System. In pursuing their joint mission…
The Australian Missile Corporation has been named the second Enterprise Partner for Defence’s Sovereign Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Enterprise, following Aurecon’s appointment two weeks ago. The company’s CEO Lee Goddard said the contract signing in Canberra represented an…
Australian launch services company Gilmour Space Technologies will launch a dedicated rideshare mission into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in late 2024. Unlike most rocket launches which host a primary customer payload, a rideshare launch comprises many customer payloads such as…
Lockheed Martin Australia has been awarded a $1.18 billion, 19-year contract by GeoScience Australia to bring the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) to life. The SouthPAN initiative will deliver a signal augmenting GPS and Galileo over the Australasia region, improving…