New South Wales is aiming to cement its place as a world leader in bushfire technology commercialisation and position itself for international export of innovative bushfire solutions under a new NSW government program.
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Ingenuity 2021 showcases useful prototype technologies
Ingenuity 2021 will be held on 26 October between 9:30am and 3:30pm at the Adelaide Convention Centre, exhibiting the University of Adelaide’s students’ final-year projects.
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Centre for Excellence in Automation and Robotics opens in Queensland
A Queensland high school has opened up a $4.7 million Centre for Excellence in Automation and Robotics, which will operate in partnership with the Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy (QMEA), the educational
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Boeing to test drones at North West Queensland airport
Cloncurry, in North West Queensland, will be the site of Australia’s first drone testing facility, with Boeing signed up to test their drones.
The announcement is part of the Queensland government’s
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Innovation Hub funds drones for defence
Drone technology in Australia has received $8.6 million in funding in two, joint announcements by the Minister for Defence Industry, Melissa Price.
Melbourne company, Textron Systems will use a $3.4 million
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Australian manufacturer unveils new drone jet engine
Jet Engines Australia launched a new turbojet engine design for unmanned systems at PACIFIC 2019.
The TB400-700 turbojet engine can produce 700lb and 315kg of thrust and incorporates 3D printing into its
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New sensing technology for autonomous devices
The search to find ways for autonomous devices to sense their surroundings has produced some novel projects, however a recent project from the University of Queensland has returned to the animal kingdom
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Drones to hover over Brisbane at Congress
On September 26 and 27, Australian drone manufacturers and those utilising drones in their manufacturing processes are invited to attend the World of Drones Congress in Brisbane.
The congress includes
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Aussie startup receives 3.5m in funding for mine mapping drone
Emesent, a drone autonomy spin-out from CSIRO, the technology arm of Australia’s national science agency, has raised $3.5 million in venture capital to commercialise its autonomous mine drone technology.
Main
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CSIRO team to compete in US robotics challenge
The technology arm of the CSIRO, Data61, will compete in the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Subterranean (SubT) Challenge, with the legged and airborne robot technology it has developed.
The
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Two contracts signed for military drone development
The federal government has signed two contracts to further develop the Australian Defence Force’s unmanned aerial system (UAS) capabilities.
Defence minister Christopher Pyne said the Defence Innovation
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Underwater robotics company to test technology for US Navy
Aquabotix, an Australia- and US-based underwater robotics company, has signed an agreement with a US Navy Federal laboratory, allowing the company to test and demonstrate its robotic technologies for
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Boeing’s new unmanned cargo air vehicle prototype
Boeing has unveiled a new unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle (CAV) prototype that will be used to test and evolve Boeing’s autonomy technology for future aerospace
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Naval Group, Airbus join forces on warship drone tech
Defence contractors Naval Group and Airbus Helicopters have been awarded a contract to build rotary-wing drones for a warship.
The demonstration project will lead to trials of the drone launch system,
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WA counter drone manufacturer secures 5G patent
A counter drone software manufacturer based in Perth and Maryland has secured a patent for 5G technology that is said will enable a new generation of cellular networks.
Department 13 (D13) has been granted
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Defence drones manufacturer opens shop on Sydney heritage site
A listed world heritage site in Sydney has become the home to a state-of-the-art drone manufacturing operation.
Carbonix has set up shop at the former naval dockyard on Cockatoo Island and is the first
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