Cyber + Space

The Webb Space Telescope has arrived at the European space port in Kourou, French Guiana, and will now be prepared for its launch, scheduled for 18th December on an Ariane 5 launcher.

SoftIron has announced the launch of a local Australian manufacturing facility based in Sydney to locally manufacture its open-source optimised appliances for scale-out data centres.

Lockheed Martin Australia (LMA) has announced that Shoal Group, a model-based systems engineering firm, will be part of its JP9102 team.

Curtin University researchers have helped to determine the age of the youngest rocks ever found on the Moon, as part of a global space mission that is working to refine the chronology of the entire Solar System.

The second Airbus-built European Service Module (ESM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft is ready for delivery from the Airbus site in Bremen, Germany.

Lockheed Martin Australia (LMA) has announced a $20 million contract to support the Australian Geospatial Intelligence Organisation (AGO).

The US Space Force’s latest missile warning satellite is ready for launch, after finishing production nearly a month ahead of schedule.

Two Australian businesses and a leading NSW university will share in $1.2 million as part of a program to strengthen Australia’s critical geospatial intelligence capabilities.

Myriota will use its network of nano-satellites to retrieve data from sensors across hundreds of Defence platforms.

The Federal Government has granted $678,487 for the company to manufacture Responsive Common Use Booster (RCUB) propellant for commercial use.

Three scientists from the University of Adelaide's School of Computer Science have signed agreements to work on cyber deception technologies.

New research from Curtin University has found the Moon may have been subjected to much greater impacts from asteroids and other bodies than previously thought, building on our understanding of the Moon’s earliest geologic evolution.

Space Machines Company has announced partnerships with Fleet Space Technologies, Adelaide's nanosatellite manufacturer, and Leaf Space, a global provider of ground segment as-a-service (GSaaS) solutions.

Boeing has signed an agreement with RMIT to merge its expertise in space product development with RMIT's advanced manufacturing research.

All eyes to the sky

Three years since the founding of the Australian Space Agency, the country is moving increasingly closer to truly sovereign space capabilities. Two companies driving this progress are EW company DEWC Systems and launch provider Gilmour Space.

Electro Optic Systems Holdings has established an EOS Professorial Chair in Laser Physics at the University of South Australia (UniSA).