Cyber + Space

Defence has removed Project JP2008 Phase 5B2, Satellite Ground Station – East and Wideband Satellite Communications Network Management Systems, from its Projects of Concern list.

Fortinet has opened its new company-owned Australian headquarters in North Sydney. The facility is the company's first Innovation Hub in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Australian Space Agency has awarded Advanced Navigation a $856,077 grant to develop a space-capable Inertial Navigation System for Gilmour Space's Eris rocket.

South Australian company AICRAFT will provide edge computing modules to CONTEC Space Optics for its advanced space telescopes.

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Skykraft has signed a Participating Project Partner Agreement with several Australian and Indian organisations as the company progresses work on demonstrating a Position Navigation and Timing constellation in Low Earth Orbit.

Bohemia Interactive Australia has been awarded a contract by the New Zealand Defence Force for an upgrade to VBS4. VBS4 is a virtual desktop simulation that can supports over 100 different training uses.

Trustwave has been appointed to Defence's Information Communications Technology Provider Arrangement (ICTPA) panel, allowing it to provide cybersecurity services directly to Defence. 

Two new 11-metre satellite dishes that support the joint Australia-New Zealand Southern Positioning Augmentation Network have been switched on in Southland, New Zealand. 

Gilmour Space Technologies is launching a new suborbital flight test service in Australia aimed at commercial and defence customers that require hypersonic speeds above Mach 5.

Amazon Web Services will establish a sovereign Top Secret Cloud in Australia to deliver resilient information, communication and technology services for the Australian Government, generating up to 2,000 local Australian jobs.

A project funded by the SmartSat CRC and led by the University of South Australia has used cutting-edge onboard AI technology to develop an energy-efficient early fire smoke detection system for South Australia’s first cube satellite, Kanyini.

Cygence and Norwich University Applied Research Institutes have announced a partnership to strengthen the cyber and information warfare capabilities of the US-Australia Defense Industrial Base.

SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the New Zealand Space Agency to accelerate the growth of Australian and New Zealand space industries.

Equatorial Launch Australia has revealed designs for its Horizontal Integration Facility buildings – assembly, integration and testing facilities for up to seven rocket launch companies.

AICraft and ResearchSat have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to utilise edge computing technology assisting with experiments in orbit.