HMAS Brisbane was one of three destroyers built for the Australian Navy at Osborne.

Defence

Universities step in to fuel shipbuilding boom

South Australian universities are sharpening their focus on maritime engineering courses to help secure a sovereign workforce to implement Australia’s $90 billion continuous naval shipbuilding program.

Manufacturing

Micro-X brings carbon nanotube production in house

Hi-tech company Micro-X will bring the design and manufacture of its next generation of carbon nanotube X-ray tubes in house to give it greater control over its operations.

Defence

Teamwork leads to thermal signature defence solution

A partnership between three Australian advanced manufacturing SMEs is helping deliver training targets equipped with controlled thermal signatures to the Australian Defence Force.

Technology

Cybersecurity centre to defend democracy

Australia and the United States are joining forces to battle online threats such as fake news and foreign meddling in elections through a new cybersecurity centre in Adelaide.

Space Industry

Who gets to decide what can be launched into space?

NASA and space tourists might be in Australia’s future but first the nation needs to decide who can launch from Down Under.