By Peter Roberts Australia’s hopes of becoming a green hydrogen and ammonia force are a matter of production push and customer pull – will we get our act together and invest the billions needed to produce green fuels and will there be customers be willing to buy the resultant outputs? The former is a bit…
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has unveiled a Queensland Critical Mineral Strategy backed by $245 million in funding at the World Mining Congress in Brisbane today. The new strategy positions Queensland as a global leader in delivering the critical minerals the world needs to move to a net-zero emissions future, according to a statement. Queensland has…
Marine systems manufacturer VEEM has signed an agreement with Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine for the exclusive use of VEEM gyrostabilisers in the vessels it constructs. VEEM manufacturers stabilisers for the global luxury motor yacht, fast ferry, commercial workboat and defence sectors at its Perth facility. Under the agreement, VEEM will supply its VG70, VG100 and…
Drone engine manufacturer Orbital Corporation has secured a new customer for its engine development and manufacturing services. The Perth company said it had signed a contract worth $1.1 million for the supply of heavy fuel engine systems, spare parts and in service technical support with a new customer, which Orbital described as a ‘defence agency…
The new Sovereign Manufacturing Automation for Composites CRC (SoMAC CRC) has launched its first-ever research collaboration which could lead to the development of a new cost-effective solution for protecting space launch vehicles and spacecraft against extreme heat and pressure. Space vehicles can experience temperatures exceeding 3,000°C during launch and atmospheric re-entry. A common solution is…
Raytheon Australia has successfully tested its LAND 19 Phase 7B Short Range Ground Based Air Defence (SRGBAD) system – an advanced defence mechanism for detecting, tracking, engaging and guiding missiles against their targets. The company undertook flight trials of the system at the Woomera Test Range in outback South Australia – stretching over 122,000 square…
Defence manufacturer Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has opened a new production line at its Canberra plant to manufacture the company’s new R150 Remote Weapon System (RWS). The RWS is the lighweight version of the company’s RWS design which allows soldiers to locate, point and fire guns, canon and missiles from inside the safety of an…
By Peter Roberts When Ford Australia stopped making cars in Australia in 2016 it retained a significant workforce including perhaps 1,000 engineers involved in engineering and designing new vehicles. Their skills with technologies such as finite element analysis for analysing designs and their design flair was said at the time to ensure the continued life…
Shipbuilders are lining up to supply a new class of smaller warship to met the needs of the Royal Australian Navy with German shipbuilder Luerssen Australia the latest to spruik its solution. The company, whose Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) are under construction in Adelaide and Perth, is offering a design based on its…
The Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) has reached financial close on its Hydrogen Park Murray Valley development in Wodonga, Victoria (pictured). This comes after more than $51 million in government support was announced for the construction and operation of a 10MW electrolyser which will be eight times larger than the biggest electrolyser currently operating in…