As part of our special editorial series Land Forces 2022, we turn to the realities of any future conflict, and the deficiencies of our maintenance, repair, and operations capabilities guarding Northern Australia. Here Dr Peter Layton spells out our Northern Australian defence infrastructure imperatives. The latest Defence Strategic Review reports back in early 2023. While…
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Ampcontrol Group is set to create more than 200 manufacturing roles across Australia by the end of 2023 as they scale up their operations in response to winning major contracts with a total value of $41 million with BHP and Western Power. Ampcontrol company CPS National has been named a key delivery partner for the…
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Australian manufacturer has revealed it will team up with one of the world’s leading military manufacturers in what the company described a major step towards the local production and supply of naval munitions At the Land Forces 2022 International Defence Exposition in Brisbane, Queensland’s NIOA announced a strategic partnership with German defence equipment manufacturer Diehl…
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Lockheed Martin Australia has furthered its preparedness for Australia’s future Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Enterprise, linking with French group Thales Australia and infrastructure consultancy Conscia. LMA announced it will open a new facility in partnership with Thales in Mulwala, NSW for ‘the development and production of various manufacturing activities’. At the same time,…
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Fortescue Metals Group has told the ASX that its Fortescue Future Industries subsidiary has entered a global strategic collaboration with energy infrastructure developer Tree Energy Solutions (TES), aiming to accelerate development of a green hydrogen and green energy import facility in Germany and with a €130 million ($200 million) investment funded from FFI’s unutilised capital…
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The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub is seeking $12 million in funding to establish a pilot Defence Technology Accelerator program, which it says could address “key gaps in the defence manufacturing ecosystem”. In a statement on Wednesday morning, coinciding with day two of the Land Forces 2022 expo, ARM Hub CEO Dr Cori Stewart said…
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Today @AuManufacturing’s special editorial series Land Forces 2022 looks at a model for collaboration between defence industry companies and public sector researchers. Peter Roberts reports on work underway at Thales Australia’s Lithgow Arms business in NSW. The statistics show that Australian manufacturers and business leaders are among the worst in the developed world at collaborating…
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Defence, space and communications manufacturer Electro Optic Systems has had a financial lifeline extended for a second time, even as it displays its world-leading products at the Land Forces 2022 Expo in Brisbane. The Canberra company has had the maturity date of a $35 million term loan facility provided by investment group Washington H. Soul…
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Leading Australian quantum computing business Q-CTRL has announced the release of its Black Opal Enterprise interactive education platform designed to help businesses adopt quantum computing. The Sydney company’s Black Opal, which aims to make businesses ‘quantum ready’, has already been sold to quantum computing provider IonQ, as well as soon-to-be-announced Big Four consultancies, a Fortune…
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EMVision gets clinical study ethics approval, $1.2 million milestone payment ASX-listed imaging technology business EMVision Medical Devices announced on Tuesday the receipt of Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) approval for a multi-centre clinical study at Liverpool Hospital, Royal Melbourne, and Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane. Near-term activation of the first site at Liverpool Hospital would proceed under…
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