Tag: Dual-use tech

$1bn defence fund to target local dual-use tech companies

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government is set to tip up to $500 million into a co-investment fund that will back local companies developing dual-use technologies aligned with AUKUS Pillar II priorities,...

Defence seeks investor interest in dual-use technology fund

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Defence department is seeking interest from private investors in partnering with the government to fund local dual-use companies, after startups warned of a fatal funding gap in Australia....

Directed energy weapons are no longer science fiction

Posted on   |  by Matt Jones
In 1977, Star Wars extensively used directed energy weapons either from spaceships or the iconic lightsabre, later referred to as the “laser sword”. Nearly 50 years on, contemporary circumstances...