Gilmour lands $17.6m Air Force contract


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Queensland rocket company Gilmour Space Technologies has landed its largest ever Defence contract, inking a $17.6 million deal to provide the Air Force with launch engineering services and R&D for its future capabilities.

Gilmour, which is targeting a test flight of its own three-stage orbital vehicle within months, secured the contract through limited tender, with no other local companies considered capable of providing the necessary technical services.

The one-and-a-half year …

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