A six-week test of four Australian-developed quantum technology-based clocks, which had their performance tested by AUKUS partners in Washington DC, has been hailed as a success. According to a statement from defence industry minister Pat Conroy on Tuesday, the project was supported through two government contracts totalling $2.7 million. It saw two clocks each provided…
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Australian ocean robot maker Hullbot has raised $16 million in funding to grow and develop its autonomous robotics manufacturing capabilities and establish international service hubs.
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Western Australia’s government has launched a $2 million fund to help WA businesses break into the US and UK defence supply chains.
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The Victorian government has signed a MoU with Rolls-Royce to strengthen the state’s defence industry skills and supply chain.
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Defence manufacturer Anduril has opened a new factory in Sydney to produce the Ghost Shark, its extra-large underwater autonomous vehicles, for the Royal Australian Navy.
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Lane Cove West, Sydney-based 3D print farm operator Precision Plastics Australia has launched DesignLab.au, establishing what it says will link “designers, retailers, and end customers” to develop new home décor products. Precision Plastics founder Dr Craig Morrison said in a statement on Monday that the new venture is based on the simple idea that “world-class…
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The Australian and Canadian resources ministers have signed a Joint Declaration of Intent on Critical Minerals Collaboration, which they say will “promote and strengthen cooperation and trade in critical minerals value chains” between the two countries. According to a statement from Australian resources minister Madeleine King on Saturday (Australian time), the declaration of intent signed…
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What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Tomago Aluminium in consultation with workers as smelter’s future remains in doubt The owners of Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter are in talks with workers at Tomago, with the company “yet to identify a pathway” to commercially sustainable operations beyond 2028. Tomago…
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“When I started this I had a perfectly good architecture practice, which has just gone so badly to seed,” recalls Dr Jan Golembiewski, CEO and co-founder of Earthbuilt Technology. Golembiewski has put everything else on hold to focus on his startup, established 2022. The company’s goal is to enable 3D printed houses, using onsite materials…
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Aluminium chemicals company Alpha HPA has secured $30 million in funding from the Queensland government’s Critical Minerals and Battery Technology Fund (QCMBTF), which will help progress the company’s Stage Two HPA First Project in Gladstone. In a statement on Thursday, Alpha said that under the agreement, its subsidiaries had entered into Royalty Deeds with Queensland…
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