Feedback is being sought from potential users and operators of the Common User Facility within Australia’s first dedicated space manufacturing hub, Australian Space Park, to ensure it meets the future needs of the Australian space industry. The Australian Space Park – to be built at a site at Adelaide airport – will accelerate Australia’s sovereign…
@AuManufacturing’s occasional editorial series on the real issues in the 2022 federal election continues today with a call for further support for manufacturing. By Leigh Rust. With the federal election fast approaching, discussions on the issues facing Australia are on the table, but it’s also important to champion and be vocal about the issues that…
Arnott’s Group is returning to manufacturing in New Zealand following the acquisition a year ago of cracker manufacturer 180degrees. The maker of Tim Tams and Tiny Teddies is constructing a new factory at Avondale, West Auckland, as part of a growth strategy through category expansion and acquisition. Chief executive George Zoghbi said the new site,…
Today @AuManufacturing’s editorial series Excellence in maritime manufacturing looks at Anduril Industries’ Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle which is destined for local manufacture, and how manufacturing is helping the company to disrupt the defence sector. Getting defence capabilities from the concept to final product stage can be a very time-consuming – manufacturing can follow years…
Perth’s Curtin University and NASA JPL spin-off Chascii will work to deliver the first-ever optical communications from a 1U CubeSat based on the technology behind WA’s Binar-1 spacecraft. The spacecraft optical communications system will be developed in a new partnership between Curtin’s Space Science and Technology Centre and laser communications leader Chascii. Speaking at the…
US prime defence contractor Northrop Grumman has brought together a powerful group including Australian SMEs to bid to construct a military satellite communications system. The team includes Inmarsat, L3Harris, AECOM, Blacktree Technologies, EM Solutions and Vocus, and will be able to draw on decades of collective experience to invest in and grow an ‘Australian sovereign…
A report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute has injected a little reality into claims that Australia is paying too much for military equipment, and specifically the Hunter class frigate programme. In Understanding the price of military equipment ASPI senior analyst Marcus Hellyer argues that that the cost of modern military equipment can be eye-wateringly…
Today @AuManufacturing’s editorial series Excellence in maritime manufacturing turns to the involvement of Australian owned SMEs in defence contracts. Here Peter Roberts interviews Brent Clark, CEO of our largest SME defence body, the Australian Industry & Defence Network. @AuManufacturing: The appointment of a defence industry minister in 2016 began a more public effort by the…
The US subsidiary of Perth shipbuilder Austal will design and construct a 16th Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel for the US Navy. The USN has exercised a $324.6 million (US$230.5 million) fixed–priced incentive contract option for EPF 16 equipped with enhanced medical and aviation capabilities – the third medical version of the transport ship ordered.…
Today @AuManufacturing’s editorial series Excellence in maritime manufacturing turns to the Hunter class frigate programme. In an exclusive interview with Peter Roberts, BAE Systems Maritime Australia’s Craig Lockhart reveals the company has made up 12 months of early delays in constructing Hunter class frigates in Adelaide. He also refutes suggestions the anti-submarine frigates will be…