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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Next Generation Technologies Fund raised.
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DroneShield's 2023 results hit record revenue and a first profit as war-driven demand for its counter-drone equipment surged, with strong cash receipts, a growing order backlog and expanded production planned in Sydney and Adelaide.
Vaccine maker BioCina is partnering with defence and university researchers on a project to create immunisations against biological warfare agents including Q Fever, tularaemia and melioidosis.
Australia will create the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator, backed by a decade-long $3.4 billion commitment, to speed defence innovation and procurement; the news follows Fleet Space's recently revealed $6.4m Defence contract.
An opinion piece arguing AUKUS Pillar Two reaches beyond submarines into quantum, autonomy, AI and hypersonics, citing Australian players including Internet 2.0, Anduril Australia and Hypersonix.
Five South Australian defence research projects led by Flinders, UniSA and the University of Adelaide with industry partners receive the latest Collaborative Research Fund grants from the Defence Innovation Partnership.
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Ten Australian small businesses received defence technology grants of up to $300,000 each under the government's ICERA program, part of Next Generation Technologies, covering themes from cyber to autonomous systems.
Satellite IoT firm Myriota won a $5.48 million Australian government Defence contract via the Defence Innovation Hub, weeks after a Spire Global partnership and an insurance-sector investment from IAG's venture arm.
Twelve small businesses have received grants totalling $3.6 million under the first round of Defence's ICERA initiative, backing projects in cyber security, sensors, human performance and other priority technology areas.
Two Australian startups, Amentum Aerospace and SensaWeb, are going global with help from ANSTO's nandin centre, a NSW export program, a Queensland grant, and SensaWeb's entry to the ATI Boeing Accelerator with Boeing investment.
Five Australia–UK teams share $1.6 million in grants for defence advanced-materials research from the Next Generation Technologies Fund; one consortium of five organisations receives $348,204 for nanotechnology work.