Cyber + Space

In June, the Australian government cut funding to a number of space programs, prompting warnings that the country is threatening its own access to space | Ewen Levick

SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre has announced new R&D projects in support of the ACT Space Update 2023.

Ventia recently marked the first groundbreaking activities associated with the construction of the SKA-Low telescope infrastructure in Western Australia, on Wajarri Country.

A team of researchers, engineers and technicians has developed a ‘SMART box’ to power the world's largest radio telescope.

Fleet Space Technologies has announced a collaboration with Thor Energy to conduct mineral exploration with space technology.

The first iLAuNCH Trailblazer project is underway, establishing a facility that will create more durable satellite and hypersonic vehicle structures using additive manufacturing.

Satellite communications business Blacktree Technology has recorded almost 400% growth in export sales across the financial year.

Five Indigenous students will be starting a ten week internship at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the United States next week.

Equatorial Launch Australia has signed a multi-launch contract with Korean aerospace company, Innospace, for a series of orbital launches from the Arnhem Space Centre in the Northern Territory.

Neumann Space and Gilmour Space Technologies announced that they will collaborate to work on developing a more powerful version of the Neumann Drive suitable for use by the international SmallSat market.

Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike announced the release of the CrowdStrike 2023 Threat Hunting Report, which covers attack trends and adversary tradecraft observed by CrowdStrike’s threat hunters and intelligence analysts.

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.