The University of South Australia has partnered with the Australian Government to offer small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) the opportunity to upskill employees with in-demand engineering capabilities at no cost. The 100% online Associate Degree in Engineering commences in late September, with course fees fully funded by the Australian Government for eligible companies. To be eligible, employers must have no more than 200 staff and demonstrate a need for engineering skills. Employers will need to nominate their employee(s) to participate in the program and employees are required to remain with the nominating employer for the duration of the two-year program. This is ...

South Australian companies Novafast and Abstec Calibrations have secured their share of $8 million in Federal Government funding to boost local defence manufacturing capability. The Adelaide businesses are among 11 innovative Australian companies to receive funding through the latest round of the Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority (SICP) grants, which help build Australia’s sovereign industrial capacity to support the Australian Defence Force. Recently diversifying into the defence sector, Novafast was awarded over $1.3 million to support the creation of a new state-of-the-art production line. The factory is set to include new robotics equipment for manufacturing technologies in composite products. Novafast Business Manager David ...

South Australian-based company Silentium Defence has secured a $7.4 million contract from the Department of Defence to supply its MAVERICK M-series passive radar system to the Australian Army for capability development and evaluation activities. Silentium’s MAVERICK M-series is the first high-performance, low-power, soldier-portable, covert radar system for air defence, land, and maritime surveillance. It provides critical sovereign capability for the ADF and its allies and an undeniable advantage in the air, land, and maritime domains – the ability to see without being seen. Read the full media release here

AML3D Limited, a world leader in large scale metal 3D printing, unveiled its multimillion-dollar South Australian headquartered WAM® Technology Centre at an event for customers and industry on 9 July 2021 with the Hon David Pisoni MP, Minister for Innovation and Skills. The Company’s Australian patented WAM® (Wire Additive Manufacturing) technology disrupts current metal making processes such as cast, forged and billet machining to such an extent that customers in the defence, automotive, resources and maritime industries benefit from reductions in lead times that span weeks and months. Despite quadrupling in size to more than 30 staff over the past ...

Two industry leaders, BFBS and IPACS, are joining forces with the aim to provide the best TV, sport and music to the Australian armed forces using BFBS’ MiPlayer platform. Already in use with the UK Ministry of Defence, both on land and at sea the MiPlayer platform offers access via WiFi to media streaming of recreational and training content in remote locations where internet connectivity is poor or absent. Read the full story

Witnessed by Minister of Defence Industry Melissa Price, JLB-Yaran and Team Downer signed a Memorandum of Understanding partnership to continue their solutions to Defence and promote the growing sovereign capability JLB-Yaran has developed. A veteran-owned company with an experienced and predominately ADF Veteran workforce, JLB-Yaran utilised the engagement opportunity with Team Downer and the Minister of Defence Industry to promote their Veteran Transition Program which aims to retain ADF veterans in Defence Industry jobs who have transitioned from serving within Army Navy or Air Force. Read the full story >

Veteran owned companies, DEWC Systems and J3Seven’s latest commercial collaboration, dubbed Project OWLS, will address mission critical challenges that our war fighters encounter in the battlefield. Both J3Seven and DEWC Systems will leverage on their company’s experience and expertise to develop a novel solution that will improve the soldiers’ situational awareness increasing their survivability while fulfilling their mission. DEWC Systems, a South Australian company, designs and prototypes leading edge Electronic Warfare (EW) technologies and applications for Defence and industry customers. In recent times, DEWC Systems have honed its capabilities in sensor miniaturisation and communications technologies through the development of the ...

Babcock Australasia has been down-selected for the next stage of LAND125 Phase 4 Integrated Soldier System (ISS) with a solution that draws on sovereign industry capability and an extensive network of Australian suppliers. LAND125 Phase 4 will deliver an ISS integrating all elements and subsystems that are used, worn or carried by soldiers in any operational context or environment for up to 72 hours without resupply. It excludes personal weapons and communications equipment which are managed by separate, related projects. Read the full story >

APC Technology will showcase a new Generic Vehicle Architecture (GVA) smart display at Land FORCES 2021. Pre-production models will be displayed on the C4 EDGE stand (2T10) and the South Australia Defence State stand (3P15). The GVA smart display has been designed and manufactured by APC Technology in Adelaide, SA. The product is part of the company’s commitment to the C4 EDGE (Evolutionary Digital Ground Environment) program. APC will deliver three prototypes in June 2021 as part of the program. Read the full story >

REDARC Electronics (REDARC) Pty Ltd has secured another major Government export contract post the awarding of the Defence Global Competitiveness Grant in December 2020. In May 2021 REDARC signed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar contract to deliver on board power management and control systems to Singapore. Mr Anthony Kittel, owner and Managing Director of REDARC, welcomed the ongoing growth of the Government business through exports. “The commitment of the Australian Government to support Australian companies establish competitive offerings for export has proven to be a winner, our products are world class and have a reputation for being the best, now with our ...