New technology developed by researchers from RMIT’s School of Science and the University of Wollongong, allows super-fast internet by harnessing twisted light beams to carry more data and process it faster. Broadband fiber-optics carry information on pulses of light, at the speed of light, through optical fibers. But the way the light is encoded at … Continue reading Tech breakthrough to allow 100-times-faster internet →

Advanced composite component manufacturer, Quickstep, is predicting more than 20 per cent revenue growth in 2019 due to the ramp up in production volumes of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, to which Quickstep is a key supplier. The predictions are part of the company’s ASX update for the first quarter of 2019. The Bankstown-based company … Continue reading Quickstep projects strong sales growth in 2019 →

Metal additive manufacturing company, Titomic Limited, has signed a $2.6 million project with the Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) to standardise the company’s patented Titomic Kinetic Fusion process – which produces load-bearing 3D forms from fusing Titanium powder sprayed at supersonic speeds. The project, which will be carried out in partnership between Titomic, IMCRC, CSIRO … Continue reading Partnership to standardise Titomic’s additive manufacturing process for defence, aerospace →

Rheinmetall Defence Australia has announced Melbourne-based specialist vehicles company Supacat as the first major supplier for the Commonwealth of Australia’s Land 400 Phase 2 program. Under the partnership agreement signed today by Rheinmetall Defence Australia managing director Gary Stewart and Supacat managing director, Asia Pacific Michael Halloran, Supacat will become a Tier One supplier to Rheinmetall … Continue reading Rheinmetall signs first supplier agreement for Land 400 Phase 2 →