Cyber + Space

Southern Launch and the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation will begin work on Australia’s first permanent commercial sub-orbital space launch facility after planning consent was granted for the Koonibba Test Range.

Clean energy company entX is set to develop sustainable energy solutions to power space missions, in a new partnership with the University of South Australia and the University of Southern Queensland.

DroneShield announced today the launch and initial order from a Defence customer for its target area specific satellite denial systems.

Australian company Daronmont Technologies has confirmed that a United States customer has bought its ‘Stealth’ passive radar system, representing their first export sale of this technology.

A trial of space-based VHF voice communications has been successfully completed by Skykraft as part of their development of satellites to provide space-based aviation communications and surveillance services.

SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre has signed a new agreement with European Space Agency’s Φ-lab to collaborate on Earth Observation research.

Gilmour Space Technologies, an Australian space launch services company, announced it will use the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software to digitally transform its design and manufacturing processes across its Queensland facilities.

The new iLAuNCH Trailblazer has been launched by the University of Southern Queensland, in partnership with the Australian National University, the University of South Australia, and industry, to boost collaboration in space research.

SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre has launched a $7 million project to develop new autonomous spacecraft using artificial intelligence.

Advanced Navigation has been awarded a Moon to Mars Initiative: Demonstrator Mission Grant by the Australian Space Agency, to support NASA’s endeavour to explore the Moon and beyond to Mars.

Gilmour Space Technologies confirmed that it has executed a $52 million grant agreement with the federal government to advance the development and commercialisation of new space technologies in Australia.

Neumann Space has announced that it has signed a contract with European microsatellite manufacturer Space Inventor that will enable it to gain greater access to space as part of its program of in-orbit demonstration.

The Government has added a new project to the list of defence Projects of Concern, the multi-million dollar plan to stand up satellite ground stations at Kapooka, NSW, and to develop the new Wideband SATCOM Network Management System.

Gilmour Space Technologies formally unveiled their Eris rocket at their Gold Coast factory on 17 May, with the attendance of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Black Sky Aerospace has received approval to develop a rocket fuel facility and associated infrastructure in southern Queensland.

In its last budget in March 2022, the former Coalition government announced Project REDSPICE, a robust approach to Australia’s cybersecurity threats.