Three new SMEs have signed up with Adelaide’s ASC Shipbuilding and will join in the important prototype phase of the construction of Australia’s new Hunter class frigates. Adelaide Profile Services, Intertek’s Adelaide Inspection Services and NSW-based Sofraco will work with Osborne-based ASC Shipbuilding, which is owned by prime contractor BAE Systems Australia. Adelaide Profile will…
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The food company that bears celebrity foodie Maggie Beer’s name has achieved the goals it set when she rejoined the company she founded with a big boost in sales and profits and positive contributions from its three luxury foods and dairy divisions. The Barossa Valley company posted earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortisation for…
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The T3 Cleanrooms at Brisbane’s Translational Research Institute were officially launched on Wednesday.
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Navi Medical Technologies will use an NHMRC Development Grant worth $879,000 to progress commercialisation of its innovative instrument which gives ill newborn infants the chance of better treatments. The National Health and Medical Research Council grant will take research on improving the care of vulnerable neonates to the proof-of-concept stage, a critical step on the…
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BAE Systems Australia, Defence and University of Adelaide have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on HF radar, including establishment of a new Centre for High Frequency Technologies.
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Analysis by Peter Roberts The New South Wales government have ordered close to 2,000 rail carriages and tram cars from overseas in only 10 years, putting the lie to the government’s suggestion that it is forced to buy trains overseas, according to a new analysis by the Australian Manufacturing Forum. According to analysis for @AuManufacturing…
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Next Science raise $15 million cash from investors Anti-microbial drug development company Next Science has completed a $15 million capital raising, with the closure of a $5 million share purchase plan. The raising was $4.2 million over-subscribed. This follows an earlier raising from institutional investors. The cash will help fund the commercial release in the…
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HMAS Warramunga has been relaunched from the BAE Systems Australia Henderson shipyard in Western Australia, the third Anzac class frigate to receive a full ANZAC Mid Life Capability Assurance Program (AMCAP) upgrade at the yard. (AMCAP) is an ongoing upgrade which focuses on updating ageing platform systems, communications, installation of Long Range Air Search Radar…
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The Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has promised a $1 billion railcar construction pipeline for the regional city of Maryborough, joining WA which this week provided the first tranche of funds towards its own local railcar manufacturing programme. The promise, which would apply should Labor be re-elected at the coming state election, includes $600 million for…
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Silentium Defence has secured a $3.2m contract from the Australian Department of Defence to advance, deploy and demonstrate its passive radar system for monitoring traffic in space.
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