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).

Australian startup Space Machines Company has secured the support of SpaceX as a launch partner to carry its Optimus Orbital Transfer Vehicle to space as part of its April 2023 mission.

Later this year, US company SpaceX will launch five Aussie satellites with a total mass of 300-kilograms, more than all the Australian-manufactured satellites launched in the history of space flight.

Gilmour Space Technologies has unveiled a new 3D printed liquid rocket engine that will power the third stage of its Eris rocket to orbit.

Australia’s first Satellite Manufacturing Hub for larger Earth Observation satellites up to 500 kg in weight will be established at the South Jerrabomberra Regional Jobs Precinct in NSW and at the UTS Tech Lab.

Western Sydney University’s International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems has signed an MoU with the Swedish Space Corporation in a move to formalise and strengthen international space observation research partnerships and collaborations.

Willyama Services - an Australian, Indigenous and veteran owned technology company - has launched a new subsidiary business named Willyama Cyber.

Gilmour Space Technologies has been selected to develop and launch a new sovereign surveillance satellite.

Fifty-six students from 11 high schools across south-east Queensland will converge on Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus to work with space industry experts to build and launch a satellite into space.

Last August, Melbourne-based additive manufacturing SME Titomic was awarded a $2.325m Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) grant to explore and commercialise the production of space vehicle and satellite parts using a sustainable grade of titanium.

Boeing Australia has enlisted the support of US-based ExoAnalytic to offer the Australian Government a fully operational Space Domain Awareness system under JP9360.

LatConnect 60 and Gilmour Space Technologies have signed an agreement to build and launch the first microsatellite in a planned high-resolution hyperspectral imaging constellation.

For the second year running, Lockheed Martin Australia and Edith Cowan University (ECU) have announced two ECU graduates have been awarded Lockheed Martin Australia’s student achievement prizes for 2021.

Boeing recently demonstrated successful integration of its Protected Tactical Enterprise Service (PTES) software elements with an industry partner’s user terminal.