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Satellite startup Fleet lands $6.4m Australian defence contract
Adelaide-based Fleet Space Technologies has inked a $6.4 million contract with Australia’s Defence Space Command, marking the satellite tech startup’s first defence contract.
Sidus Space and Markforged are sending a 3D-printed satellite to space
Aerospace company Sidus Space has recognised additive manufacturing’s capability as a highly effective tool to optimise weight in systems designed to reach space, with the development of a 3D-printed satellite set to launch in 2023.
Hypersonix tapped by key US defence accelerator for test vehicle
Australian aerospace startup Hypersonix Launch Systems has been drafted into the US Defense Innovation Unit’s accelerator program after being chosen to provide hypersonic vehicles for testing.
Australia’s Skykraft satellite integrates Neumann Drive propulsion system
In-space electric propulsion company Neumann Space has completed equipping its propulsion system, called the Neumann Drive, onto Skykraft’s Australian-designed and manufactured satellite.
Australia’s largest satellite stack launched today, to make global air travel smoother and more...
Skykraft, a Canberra-based space-services company, has sent the largest Australian-made payload into space. At approximately 300kg, this locally manufactured satellite stack weighs more than the total mass of all Australian-built space objects ever launched.
EOS partners with US defence through US-based satellite manufacturing subsidiary
SpaceLink, a wholly owned US subsidiary of Australian company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) Holdings, is partnering with the US Army Space and Missile Defense...
Airbus and French DGA sign Copernicus agreement
The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has awarded Airbus a 10-year framework agreement called Copernicus.
Under the agreement, as part of the Syracuse IV...
SpaceX job listing reveals new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Austin
Elon Musk's SpaceX is hinting at a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas – expanding the $74 billion-worth aerospace company's reach across the...
Boeing announces investment in Aussie start up Myriota
Boeing has announced that it will invest in South Australian start-up telecommunications company Myriota, giving the company the much needed boost to achieve its...
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