The iLAuNCH Trailblazer, based at the University of South Queensland (USQ), has issued an open call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) to access remaining funding to foster the creation and commercialisation of space and aerospace-related research and innovation in Australia.…
Professor Doug Hilton AO has been appointed Chief Execitive of CSIRO succeeding Dr Larry Marshall who steps down at the end of June after three terms in the job. Professor Hilton, who starts the job in September, is Director of…
IMAGE: HEO Robotics, which delivers satellite information using spare capacity on spacecraft in orbit, is an alumnus of the 10x Accelerator at UNSW in Sydney. Image: HEO Robotics UNSW Founders has launched Defence 10x, a new accelerator program focused on…
Australian firm Quasar Satellite Technologies Pty Limited has been awarded a $5.3M Defence Innovation Hub contract to develop a multibeam phased array space communications ground station as well as enhanced space domain awareness. The company has also been shortlisted for the Avalon…
Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, CSIRO, is helping to tackle the growing threat of cyberattacks by providing free R&D support to businesses working in the cyber security sector. SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMES) WORKING ON NEW CYBER…
CSIRO has called for Victorian Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) with new innovation ideas contributing to sovereign defence and security to apply for a free upcoming tailored CSIRO program, aimed at helping businesses build their research and development (R&D) knowledge.…
Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, CSIRO, has won a $8.65 million contract from the Defence Innovation Hub to develop and commercialise world-leading Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) respirator technology. The project will deliver…
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, is providing free research and development support to businesses working in the cyber security sector. CSIRO’s Innovate to Grow: Cyber Security program, commences 26 July and is available for 20-25 Small and Medium Enterprises (SME).…
Australia’s leading research supercomputing facility, the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre in Perth, WA, has installed the world’s first room-temperature diamond-based quantum computer on-site. Developed by German-Australian start-up Quantum Brilliance, the rack-mounted diamond quantum “accelerator” leverages synthetic diamonds to run at…
Defence will spend $50 million to leverage a further $200 million investment by a consortium of two universities, the CSIRO and more than 50 industry partners in the commercialisation of Australian-developed defence technology. The Defence Trailblazer: Concept to Sovereign Capability…