Australia is axing a $7bn military satellite project, leaving defence comms potentially vulnerable

By David Tuffley, Griffith University In a significant blow to Australia’s defence capabilities, the federal government is cancelling what would have been the nation’s largest-ever space project: a A$7 billion military satellite communications system. The decision was confirmed in a press statement today. It comes just 18 months after the Albanese government gave the green…

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Defence cancels Satellite Communications System

The federal government has unexpectedly axed what was an iconic project to deliver an Australian Defence Satellite Communications System that would provide the ADF with a sovereign military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) system. Project JP9102 was to have been delivered by prime contractor Lockheed Martin Australia, with the company bringing in a growing number of local…

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Telstra report uncovers Australia’s $53 billion opportunity in senior leader connection

SPONSORED ARTICLE New research by Telstra has found a lack of connection between senior business and public sector leaders could mean a missed opportunity of about $53 billion in revenue annually across large Australian organisations. Telstra’s Return on Connection report quantifies the value of human-to-human connection for leaders, their organisation and the industries they support,…

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Optiscan to develop AI gastrointestinal endomicroscope

Optiscan Imaging and Monash University have agreed to work together on its its project to develop the next-gen gastrointestinal (GI) flexible endomicroscope and Edge-AI-enabled technology. The agreement represents a further extension of the longstanding relationship Optiscan has with Monash University, with the company’s technology originally created at the university. AI capabilities are critical to Optiscan’s…

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Machine under development at Melbourne uses “vibrating bubbles” for super-speed bioprinting

A new, locally-developed bioprinter has received positive feedback from institutes including the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Harvard Medical School, according to University of Melbourne, and offers cancer researchers a new tool for replicating specific organs and tissues. In a statement from the university on Friday, it was claimed that the new 3D printer is…

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Livium sets scene for WA battery recycling facility

The Envirostream Australia subsidiary of Livium Ltd has been awarded an $850,000 grant from the Western Australia government to support the development of Envirostream’s battery recycling operations in the state. Formerly known as Lithium Australia, Livium is developing a whole of life lithium value chain including Envirostream recycling which currently recycles batteries at a facility…

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“We designed the world’s best something”: winding up and finding the positives

There are many reasons why promising startups pack it in. For one venture, formed to commercialise a breakthrough in wind turbine design, it came down to the scarcity and eventual disappearance of certain components.  After forming in 2018 and eventually designing a suitably efficient controller to go with their super-efficient turbine and shroud design, Diffuse…

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