US company Sabrewing used AVALON 2023 to conduct a ‘soft launch’ of its Rhaegal family of Uncrewed Air Vehicles (UAV). More than 190 of its Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) UAVs have been ordered by Arabian Development and Marketing Company…
Innovation Pitchfest judge Geoff Thomas with Best Aerospace Innovation winner, Mr Henry Bilinsky, MicroTau. Image: AMDA Foundation Limited The AVALON 2023 Conference Centre had standing room only for the Innovation Pitchfest on 1 March at which three pitches were awarded…
In a first for the Avalon Innovation Awards, presented on the first day of AVALON 2023, both the National and the SME Innovation Awards were won by the same company. Melbourne-based 1MILLIKELVIN Pty Limited was named winner of both the…
Melbourne-based SYPAQ Systems is delivering its Corvo™ Precision Payload Delivery System (PPDS) drones to the Ukrainian Armed Forces thanks to investment from the Department of Defence,. Following the announcement in July 2022 that Defence would be providing further funds to…
Thales Australia and Swinburne University of Technology’s Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub (AIR Hub) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the development of new operational concepts to advance R&D opportunities and support evolving aviation concepts including Advanced Air Mobility…
Swinburne University of Technology’s Aerostructures Innovation and Research Hub, or AIR Hub, will work collaboratively with Latrobe City Council to co-design the future of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). The partnership, announced at Avalon 2023 by Latrobe City Council Mayor Ms…
Speaking at the Innovation Pitchfest and exhibiting an amphibian Cessna C-208 fitted with battery pods are just some of the things Swinburne University of Technology’s first Founder In Residence did at AVALON 2023. As Swinburne’s inaugural Founder In Residence, Dovetail Electric Aviation Business Operations Manager…
BAE Systems Australia has teamed with Perth-based SME Innovaero to launch Australia’s first domestically designed, manufactured and armed VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) Uncrewed Air System (UAS), STRIXTM, at Avalon 2023 The STRIX UAS collaboration brings together BAE Systems’ global…
BAE Systems Australia and European missile group MBDA have announced a collaboration agreement that will support Australia as it establishes its sovereign Guided Weapon and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) capability. The Australian government is expected to make GWEO-related announcements over the…
European guided weapons company MBDA is set to re-open its office in Canberra as it positions itself for an Australian market that will be shaped by the Defence Strategic Review (DSR). While it has yet to name a new in-country…