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Space Machines Company Unveils Rapid-Response Spacecraft Variant

Space Machines Company has debuted a rapid-response spacecraft variant called Optimus Viper that is specifically designed to provide immediate, high-fidelity intelligence…

Aeronautics & Aircraft

Aeronautics & Aircraft | Featured Stories | Space Exploration | Technology | December 12, 2024

Prolonged Lease Talks See Equatorial Launch Australia Shut Arnhem Space Centre

Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) will immediately cease operations of the Arnhem Space Centre in the Northern Territory and relocate the spaceport…

Defence & Space Industry

Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Technology | December 12, 2024

Fleet Space Technologies Closes $150 Million Series D Funding Round

Australian space exploration company Fleet Space Technologies has closed an AUD150 million Series D funding round, led by Teachers’ Venture…

Communication

Communication | Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Security | December 12, 2024

Defence Looking for Space Domain Awareness Support

Australia’s Department of Defence will release an invitation to register, with the intent of down-selecting one or more respondents to…

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Aeronautics & Aircraft

Space Machines Company Unveils Rapid-Response Spacecraft Variant

Space Machines Company has debuted a rapid-response spacecraft variant called Optimus Viper that is specifically designed to provide immediate, high-fidelity intelligence…

Aeronautics & Aircraft

Aeronautics & Aircraft | Featured Stories | Space Exploration | Technology | December 12, 2024

Prolonged Lease Talks See Equatorial Launch Australia Shut Arnhem Space Centre

Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) will immediately cease operations of the Arnhem Space Centre in the Northern Territory and relocate the spaceport…

Aeronautics & Aircraft

Aeronautics & Aircraft | Featured Stories | Security | Technology | December 12, 2024

Astroscale’s ADRAS-J Gets Within 15 Metres of Space Debris

Satellite servicing company Astroscale Japan says that its commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite, Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) has…

Aeronautics & Aircraft

Aeronautics & Aircraft | Featured Stories | Space Exploration | Technology | December 10, 2024

South Australia to Host New Space ISAC Global Hub

The US-based Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) has announced the establishment of an Australia Global Hub. The…

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Advanced Navigation Inks Another Multi-Million Deal With Rheinmetall

Positioning navigation company Advanced Navigation has finalised a multi-million deal with Rheinmetall Defence Australia to supply fibre-optic gyroscope inertial navigation systems for…

Communication

Communication | Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Security | December 12, 2024

Defence Looking for Space Domain Awareness Support

Australia’s Department of Defence will release an invitation to register, with the intent of down-selecting one or more respondents to…

Communication

Communication | Featured Stories | Information Systems | Technology | December 3, 2024

UniSA Researchers Develop GPS Alternative for Drone Navigation

A surge in GPS jamming attacks in drone warfare has inspired Australian researchers to develop a celestial navigation system that…

Communication

Curtin Uni Researchers Find Answer to Mysterious Stellar Event

Researchers from the Curtin node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have made a record-breaking astrophysical discovery…

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Communication

Communication | Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Military Technology | November 18, 2024

Optus Launches Secret Military Communications Satellite

Optus is understood to have launched a secretive military communications satellite on Monday, October 18 (AEDST). A Space X Falcon…

Defence & Space Industry

Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Military Technology | November 4, 2024

North Korean Missile Goes Over 7,000 Kilometres Into Space

North Korean tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) called Hwasong-19 last week that reached an altitude of 7,687 kilometres. South…

Defence & Space Industry

Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Military Technology | Security | October 30, 2024

Orbit Communications Secures Satellite Communication Contract With a NATO Navy

Maritime and airborne SATCOM terminals provider Orbit Communication Systems has secured a USD3 million contract with a prominent European integrator…

Defence & Space Industry

Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Military Technology | Security | October 21, 2024

AUKUS Joint Standing Committee Holding Public Hearings

The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties will hold two public hearing this week for its inquiry into the Agreement among…

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Defence & Space Industry

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Advanced Navigation Inks Another Multi-Million Deal With Rheinmetall

Positioning navigation company Advanced Navigation has finalised a multi-million deal with Rheinmetall Defence Australia to supply fibre-optic gyroscope inertial navigation systems for…

Defence & Space Industry

Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Technology | December 12, 2024

Fleet Space Technologies Closes $150 Million Series D Funding Round

Australian space exploration company Fleet Space Technologies has closed an AUD150 million Series D funding round, led by Teachers’ Venture…

Communication

Communication | Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Security | December 12, 2024

Defence Looking for Space Domain Awareness Support

Australia’s Department of Defence will release an invitation to register, with the intent of down-selecting one or more respondents to…

Defence & Space Industry

Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Space Exploration | Technology | December 12, 2024

Panama and Austria Sign Artemis Accords

Panama and Austria signed the Artemis Accords on December 11, 2024, during separate signing ceremonies at NASA HQ in Washington,…

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Aeronautics & Aircraft

Space Machines Company Unveils Rapid-Response Spacecraft Variant

Space Machines Company has debuted a rapid-response spacecraft variant called Optimus Viper that is specifically designed to provide immediate, high-fidelity intelligence…

Aeronautics & Aircraft

Aeronautics & Aircraft | Featured Stories | Space Exploration | Technology | December 12, 2024

Prolonged Lease Talks See Equatorial Launch Australia Shut Arnhem Space Centre

Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) will immediately cease operations of the Arnhem Space Centre in the Northern Territory and relocate the spaceport…

Information Systems

Information Systems | Space Exploration | Technology | December 12, 2024

CATALYST Software Now Supports Images From Maxar’s WorldView Legion

Earth observation company CATALYST says its CATALYST Professional, CATALYST Enterprise, and CATALYST OnBoard software now support imagery from Maxar’s WorldView…

Defence & Space Industry

Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Space Exploration | Technology | December 12, 2024

Panama and Austria Sign Artemis Accords

Panama and Austria signed the Artemis Accords on December 11, 2024, during separate signing ceremonies at NASA HQ in Washington,…

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CYBER SECURITY WEEKLY PODCAST

Podcast

Podcast | August 2, 2022

Episode 333 – Links for Australia’s Space Industry

We speak with Daniel O’Toole, Senior Adviser for Space within the Sector Team for Defence, Space and Infrastructure at the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade).