Index
- adf
- advanced manufacturing
- Air Force
- Australian Defence Force
- Batteries
- battery storage
- Black Sky Aerospace
- Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles
- Boxer CRV
- Christopher Pyne
- defence industry
- defence industry grants
- defence manufacturing
- Eguana Technologies
- energy
- energy storage
- energy storage systems
- F-35A
- government grants
- Home Battery Scheme
- LAND 400 Phase 2
- lockheed martin
- Queensland
- RAAF
- Rheinmetall
- Rheinmetall Defence
- Rheinmetall Defence Australia
- rocket launch
- rockets
- SA
- sensors
- small-to-medium enterprises
- SMEs
- South Australia
- Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority Grants
- space industry
- Varley
- Varley Group
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First two F-35A deployable cabins delivered by Lockheed Martin and Varley
November 23, 2018 0 comment
Australia’s Department of Defence has formally accepted the first two deployable cabins for the ADF’s F-35A fleet from Lockheed Martin Australia and the Newcastle-based fabrication experts Varley Group. Fifteen of the cabins will eventually be delivered by Lockheed Martin and Varley Group. The will deployable duty facility (DDF) cabins operate the information and communication technology … Continue reading First two F-35A deployable cabins delivered by Lockheed Martin and Varley
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Australia’s first sub-orbital rocket with commercial payload launched
November 22, 2018 0 comment
Australia’s first sub-orbital rocket launch with a commercial payload took place this week in Queensland, demonstrating the capability of the state’s advanced manufacturing sector. The Logan-based company Black Sky Aerospace successfully tested their Sighter190 rocket in Westmar, five hours west of Brisbane. Using the company’s Rapid Deployment Sounding Rocket (RDSR) technology, the four-metre-long rocket was … Continue reading Australia’s first sub-orbital rocket with commercial payload launched
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Federal government launches defence industry grants program for SMEs
November 22, 2018 0 comment
The federal government has launched its annual grants program for Australian small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in delivering the pipeline of projects enhancing the capability of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority Grants program makes available a total of $17 million in grants per year to eligible Australian SMEs with fewer than … Continue reading Federal government launches defence industry grants program for SMEs
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Canada’s Eguana Technologies to produce battery systems in SA
November 21, 2018 0 comment
Canadian energy storage company, Eguana Technologies, has announced it will produce its home battery systems in South Australia, following approval of its application to the state’s Home Battery Scheme and the CEFC’s home battery financing, which provide access to $100 million in subsidies and low interest loans for residential battery storage. Eguana Technologies will invest … Continue reading Canada’s Eguana Technologies to produce battery systems in SA
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Work begins on new Rheinmetall HQ in Queensland
November 20, 2018 0 comment
The sod has been turned at the site of Rheinmetall’s new Australian headquarters at Ipswich in Queensland, marking the beginning of works for the facility that will build a pipeline of military vehicles for the Australian Defence Force (ADF). When complete, the $170 million MILVEHCOE facility will deliver the $5.2 billion LAND 400 Phase 2 … Continue reading Work begins on new Rheinmetall HQ in Queensland