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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #179, 26th September 2026

Weekly roundup recording a dozen raises and acquisitions, Firmus's scheduled float, a new $50m venture fund, a founder share sale, grant winners, an accelerator intake, and an AI agent's government breach.

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Aerobond's defence grant for guided weapons

Adelaide composites maker Aerobond has won a federal grant to build guided-weapons production capability, funding a $1.67m expansion that includes making launch canisters for Kongsberg's Naval Strike Missile.

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Holiday defence industry news briefs – stories you might have missed

A roundup of Australian defence industry items: submarine build plans reaffirmed, missile supply contracts for Kongsberg and Lockheed Martin, DroneShield purchase orders, an F-35 warehouse deal, and questions over a shipbuilding college closure.