The first Ghost Shark submarine drone destined for the Royal Australian Navy has rolled off the assembly line in Sydney, with dozens more expected to be delivered over the...
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Nearly $64 million in grants bypassed the prescribed assessment processes for one of Queensland’s largest industry development funds at the direction of government, the state’s auditor-general has found. The...
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Hypersonix Launch Systems, a Brisbane-based aerospace startup developing a hydrogen-fuelled scramjet engine capable of reaching speeds of Mach 7, has secured a $10 million equity investment from the National...
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A seven-year industry-led mission to advance additive manufacturing kicked off in Melbourne on Thursday with the launch of a $258 million Cooperative Research Centre. Under an “Australia Makes” slogan...
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Federal policymakers must move past notions that Australia’s semiconductor industry is tied to mass silicon chip fabrication, the NSW chief scientist said on Wednesday while pushing for a bottom...
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University of Sydney spinout Gelion Technologies on Tuesday announced a partnership with global electronics behemoth TDK to move its lithium sulfur battery technology into a prototype production phase from...
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Australia and the United States have signed a landmark critical minerals deal, with both countries to contribute at least US$2 billion (A$3.1 billion) to rare earths projects over the...
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Australian chip developer Archer has inked a translation deal with research and development startup Emergence Quantum to work on graphene materials and devices. A new two phase commercialisation program...
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The Albanese government will on Wednesday open consultation for the latest plank in its interventionalist industry policy, a $2 billion tax credit for producers of green aluminium as the...
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A federal government-backed feasibility study into a critical minerals processing facility in Tasmania will get underway in a bid to boost the state’s downstream processing potential. Tasmania secured a...
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An Australian-made quantum machine learning processor has delivered results in days that conventional deep learning models took weeks to achieve, according to the country’s largest telco. Telstra on Monday...
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The chair of the National Reconstruction Fund has promised to actively search out companies with high growth potential in a bid to meet the Albanese government’s ambitious new investment...
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Australian counter-drone device-maker DroneShield will spend $13 million setting up a new research and development facility in Adelaide, creating 20 high-skilled engineering roles. The new site, to be led...
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The government is facing criticism for “tinkering” with its arm’s length industry fund after a third of its available $15 billion allocation was diverted to fresh net zero plans,...