Space Machines Company equips Optimus spacecraft with Inovor Technologies’ Star Tracker
Space Machines Company (SMC), a leading player in Australian in-space servicing, has purchased Inovor Technologies’ Star Tracker, a celestial navigation system, for integration into its Orbital Servicing Vehicle, Optimus.
Swisslog rolls out off-the-shelf warehouse automation solution for Australian, NZ SMEs
Swisslog, a leading player in the intralogistics market, has launched a standardised “off-the-shelf” version of its AutoStore roboticised storage and order processing solution in Australia and New Zealand.
AMSL Aero’s hydrogen-powered aircraft wins $5M ARENA funding
Aerospace startup AMSL Aero has received $5.43 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to help develop its hydrogen-powered electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
New Monash-led research to explore policy design for robots in Australian public spaces
Researchers from Monash University have received a $608,385 grant from the Australian Research Council to explore how policy design can manage the growing presence of robots in Australian public places.
Flinders University pioneers joint research with US Navy for defence advancement
South Australia's defence research capabilities are set to receive a substantial boost through a collaboration between Flinders University and a prominent United States Navy research centre.
Australian science and tech leaders seek increased R&D investment and reindustrialisation
Australia's science and technology sectors, represented by 138 member organisations and 115,000 scientists and technologists through Science & Technology Australia (STA), are mobilising to seek election commitments from political parties and candidates.
Nuclear-powered submarine training in the UK boosts Australian industry skills
The Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Richard Marles has convened with the UK Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps, during a visit to Rolls Royce's nuclear reactor manufacturing facility in Derby.
AML3D to deliver ARCEMY 3D printing system to US defence company Cogitic
AML3D Limited has secured an ARCEMY system order from Colorado Springs-based defence manufacturing company Cogitic Corporation.
Aurora Labs to showcase 3D-printed gas turbine at IndoPac Maritime Conference
Aurora Labs Limited (A3D), is set to present a 3D metal-printed gas turbine component at the IndoPac Maritime Conference in Sydney this week, geared towards defence customers and manufacturers.
Cleaning up AM’s dirty secret
Okay, so it is not really that much of a secret any more that the post processing stage of the additive manufacturing (AM) workflow is a challenge for many applications of AM. “Challenge” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there, for the record.
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