Terram Astra has announced a seed capital raise to activate a new sovereign ground-based infrastructure platform designed to strengthen defence readiness, space safety, and communications resilience across the Indo-Pacific.

The University of Southern Queensland will commence research into improving understanding of how satellites and rocket bodies break apart during atmospheric re-entry.

DEWC Services and Adelaide University have started to collaborate on new research into advance sovereign AI-enabled decision-support capabilities for Australia’s Defence sector.

Breaker has raised $9 million in seed funding led by global venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners, with follow-on investment from Main Sequence. This seed funding will be used to drive the development and adoption of their AI agent software.

Mankind’s efforts in space are becoming critical for modern societies as communication systems and services such as Earth sensing through to precision location and timing, support both military and civilian operations | Grant McHerron and Kirra Davey

Back in June last year, the government resurrected a project to create a sovereign satellite capability which it had binned seven months earlier on grounds that what was proposed was expensive, insufficiently flexible and vulnerable | Max Blenkin

The European Defense Tech Hub brought its inaugural Australian Defense Tech Hackathon to Canberra last weekend 6-8 February, connecting innovators and defence stakeholders in a mission-focused environment | Keira Joyce

An Australian-led space agriculture experiment will tomorrow launch to the International Space Station, marking a milestone for Australia’s growing space and advanced manufacturing sector.

Electro Optic Systems has opened its new Singapore facility, establishing a regional hub for the manufacturing, integration and testing of high energy laser capability for regional and international customers.

Myriota has appointed George Kanuck as Chief Operating Officer.

At Singapore’s inaugural Space Summit held in February this year, Minister for Manpower and Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science & Technology, Tan See Leng, announced that Singapore would establish its own space agency | Grant McHerron

Space Summit 2026 has commenced in Singapore, convening government leaders, space agencies, industry executives, researchers and investors at a time when space systems have become deeply embedded in daily life.

Gilmour Space Technologies and Transcelestial have formed a long-term strategic partnership to bring laser communications capabilities to advance how data moves on satellites. 

Gilmour Space Technologies has secured $217 million (US$145 million) in private equity investment to support the next phase of growth in Australia's domestic space capability.

AtSpace has successfully launched its Australian-made A01 rocket on 27 November 2025. The company is a Brisbane-based rocket manufacturer. According to the company, this has placed it in the "rocketry record books".

Defence company Thales Australia has opened a new cyber Security Operations Centre in Canberra to protect Government and Critical Infrastructure clients from cyber attack | Max Blenkin