Cyber + Space

Airbus has achieved a key milestone with the successful completion of the Critical Design Review of the UK Ministry of Defence’s next secure military communications satellite, Skynet 6A.

New research led by Curtin University has pinpointed the exact home of the oldest and most famous Martian meteorite for the first time ever, offering critical geological clues about the earliest origins of Mars.

Daronmont Technologies has achieved a major milestone in the $1.2 billion upgrade of Australia’s Jindalee Operational Radar Network with the completion of advanced design work on sounders and transponders.

Advanced Navigation, an Australian innovator in AI robotics and navigation technology, has announced its ambitions to be the first Australian company to reach the Moon through its development of two unique navigation systems.

Kleos Space S.A has secured a four-year secured A$10 million debt facility with PURE Asset Management to fund operations and satellite constellation growth.

archTIS has entered into a new contract to expand and enhance the existing deployment of Kojensi within Defence.

Construction has begun in Australia on ESA’s fourth deep-space antenna, which will help fill a gap in supporting communications and data download for upcoming missions.

SARah is a new operational reconnaissance system consisting of several satellites and a ground segment, which was developed on behalf of the German Bundeswehr.

Saab Australia, BAE Systems Australia, industry and government have developed the Cyber Framework for the Defence Industry (CFDI) to measure and increase the cyber resilience of SMEs wanting to work on Defence programs.

Lockheed Martin Australia (LMA) has announced a strategic agreement with Australian space service provider, Inovor Technologies, to support its ‘Hosted Missions Program.'

Blacktree Technology (Blacktree) has been selected to support the ADF's Narrowband - Ultra High Frequency Satellite Communication System in an $36 million five-year sustainment contract.

Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) will launch Australia's first commercial space launch for NASA on the evening of 26 June, 2022.

In a world first, an Aussie company has captured substantial data from a meteor shower that is expected to have a significant impact on space science.

Cirrus Real Time Processing Systems has today announced that the company has been awarded a contract to upgrade the functionality of the Generic COMCEN System (GCS) simulation training system.

Fleet Space Technologies announced last week that it successfully launched its next-generation Centauri 5 satellite on the Space X Falcon 9 Transporter-5 mission.

Airbus has been awarded a contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to further develop the implementation of LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna).