Sydney based HEO has announced the purchase of the in-orbit Satellogic Inc. NewSat-34™ satellite, establishing a significant new pillar of Australian sovereign space capability. Through the full title acquisition of the satellite, HEO becomes the first Australian entity to own…
The Adelaide and Canberra-based Defence Trailblazer has launched a research project with CAE Australia and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) to develop a training methodology for Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled systems. CAE Australia and UNSW will develop a training methodology for…
The Australian Space Agency, under its Moon to Mars Supply Chain Capability Improvement Grants scheme, has funded the development of an Australian aerospace grade Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver for use in various aerospace applications such as rockets, satellites,…
The Sydney-based University of New South Wales (UNSW) has opened its Nuclear Innovation Centre (UNIC) to advance Australia’s nuclear science industry. The Centre is underpinned by a $7.5 million donation from the Sir William Tyree Foundation, which will fund a…
The Adelaide-based Defence Trailblazer has announced three new research programs in disruptive technologies that will directly translate into Australian Defence Force (ADF) capability. And in partnership with 40 Australian companies, the University of Adelaide (UoA) and UNSW, the Defence Trailblazer…
The University of New South wales (UNSW) Sydney has established ROV Engineering Design Challenge for first year students as a follow-up to participation the highly successful SUBS in Schools program run by the Sydney-based Re-Engineering Australia Foundation (REA). In 2015,…
IMAGE: HEO Robotics, which delivers satellite information using spare capacity on spacecraft in orbit, is an alumnus of the 10x Accelerator at UNSW in Sydney. Image: HEO Robotics UNSW Founders has launched Defence 10x, a new accelerator program focused on…
Australia’s first female astronaut will be University of New South Wales alumna Dr Meganne Christian who has been selected as part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) 2022 astronaut class. Dr Christian is one of 11 reservist astronauts, alongside five…
Sydney-based Quickstep Holdings Ltd has begun a jointly funded project with the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG), in collaboration with DMTC Ltd, to identify, analyse and test high temperature materials as a first step towards the development of future…
A team of quantum computer physicists at UNSW Sydney have engineered a quantum processor at the atomic scale to simulate the behaviour of a small organic molecule, solving a challenge set some 60 years ago by theoretical physicist Richard Feynman.…