Tag: Hypersonics

Flinders, RMIT to lead Defence’s missile R&D network

Posted on   |  by Staff Writer
Flinders and RMIT universities will lead a new national research network focused on the materials and technologies needed for Defence’s guided weapons and explosives plan. Announced on Tuesday, the...

Universities, defence firms share in $40m AI spend

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator has forged long-term R&D partnerships with more than a dozen universities and defence companies to develop AI and machine learning technologies that build battlefield...

Third time’s a charm: Gilmour readies another launch attempt

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Gilmour Space Technologies engineers were rolling out the company’s Eris three-stage rocket from its vehicle assembly building on Monday evening ahead of its third launch attempt scheduled for Wednesday....

AUKUS hypersonics pact to boost ‘collective ability’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia will conduct a series of hypersonic vehicle tests with its AUKUS partners under a new agreement designed to accelerate the development of the dual-use technology. The agreement, announced...

Hypersonic vehicles set to blast off from SA spaceports

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australian aerospace startup Hypersonix Launch Systems will launch and return hypersonic vehicles from a new suborbital flight test service to be set up at Southern Launch spaceports as early...

Gilmour Space to launch hypersonics testbed

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Local space technology company Gilmour Space will launch a suborbital flight test service for hypersonic vehicles as demand grows for high-speed test facilities in Australia. The new HyPeRsonic Flight...

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...

Opposition push for AUKUS ‘Pillar III’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The lack of a national Defence strategy is delaying the technology and advanced capability component of the AUKUS arrangement and a potential new pillar covering supply chains, according to...

Hypersonix builds its first reusable scramjet engine demonstrator

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Brisbane-based Hypersonix has completed pilot production of its reusable hydrogen-powered scramjet engine, as it seeks an Australian manufacturer for its single-use engines. The technology demonstrator of its hydrogen-powered SPARTAN...