Aerospace composites manufacturer Quickstep has deepened its involvement in the drone sector with a new agreement that gives it access to critical control technologies and systems. The Sydney company signed an exclusive manufacturing and engineering integration agreement with TB2 LLC of Breckenridge, Colorado for its TB2 Pod Interface system used to control Unmanned Aerial Systems…
Wirra Wirra in US export breakthrough McLaren Vale, South Australia winery, Wirra Wirra, has secured a landmark, exclusive deal with the world’s largest family-owned wine company, E. & J. Gallo Winery (Gallo) to export its range of wines across all 50 US states. Under the agreement, Wirra Wirra will be Gallo’s exclusive McLaren Vale supplier,…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) The Army can fire weapons autonomously, but should they? The news was inevitable in a way, writes Peter Roberts. The Army has confirmed that it has fired a weapon system at a simulated enemy remotely from an…
Tuesday is the day to tune in to @AuManufacturing and Epicor’s online webinar discussing automation, smart data and workforce shortages. To start at 11am eastern time, the webinar is our response to the labour and skills shortages affecting every Australian manufacturer, big or small. Our panel discussion moderated by editor Peter Roberts, will hear from…
Renewable power generation’s share of the National Energy Market is showing a sudden and rapid rise in importance with renewables now playing a bigger role in Australia’s energy mix than ever before. The federal government’s March 2023 Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory showed that renewables accounted for 39 per cent of generation…
Bega focus on strategy in challenging year Australian owned and led food manufacturer Bega Cheese has continued its strategy to move away from commodity sales to its iconic brands paid dividends in the second half of FY23 following farm gate milk price rises and other cost increases in the first quarter. Conditions saw the company…
The federal government will deliver a fully costed and detailed plan next year on how it will build critical guided weapons in Australia, according to Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy. Speaking at the Hunter Defence Conference Conroy said the government was working with industry, including Defence’s strategic partners, Lockheed Martin Australia and Raytheon Australia, to…
Australia’s expenditure on innovation public and private has fallen for the past decade, and continues to fall under the new federal government. Business expenditure on research and development (BERD) was up 14 per cent over 2021-22, new Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show, though the nation’s total spend on R&D as a proportion of GDP…
CSIRO and corporate advisor RFC Ambrian have co-founded Hadean Energy to commercialise novel technology that is claimed to produce hydrogen with 30 per cent less electricity than traditional methods. CSIRO will trial the technology at BlueScope Steel’s Port Kembla Steelworks to demonstrate the equipment at pilot scale in an industrial environment. CSIRO’s tubular solid oxide…
Western Australia is a step closer to the creation of a large-scale green hydrogen hub with bp completing its concept development phase study into its energy hub H2Kwinana. The hub is supported by the WA government’s $180 million investment in renewable hydrogen, and funding from the federal government’s Clean Hydrogen Industrial Hubs programme. Hubs have…