Focus: Australia

Mitsubishi Electric is getting involved in an important Australian defense project by joining Team AUSSAT, which includes Optus, Raytheon Australia, and Thales Australia, the company announced Feb. 3. Optus, Australia’s...

Fleet Space Technologies, an Australian space startup, is planning to tap into the U.S. market. The company announced Feb. 1 that it is establishing an international office in Houston, Texas....

Australia’s Office of National Intelligence (ONI) has tapped Spire Global and Dragonfly Aerospace for a second satellite as part of its National Intelligence Community Satellite (NICSAT) program after a collaborative...

OneWeb has signed new distribution deals in Australia and India as it ramps up activity in 2022. Field Solutions Holdings (FSG), an Australian rural and regional telecoms carrier, has signed...

Gilmour Space Technologies has successfully test fired one of the most powerful rockets ever developed in Australia, which takes it one step closer to launching Australia’s first orbital rocket. The...

Arqit Quantum has received a contract to bring its Federated Quantum System Project (FQS), which uses satellites to distribute quantum keys to data centers, to Australia.  Arqit is based in...

Australian satellite IoT company Fleet Space Technologies is ramping up plans after a recent capital raise, and has reached an agreement with the South Australian government to build a satellite...

Myriota will use Spire’s space services to deploy its satellite Internet of Things (IoT) constellation, the companies announced Wednesday. This is Spire’s first large-scale, commercial IoT customer for its space-as-a-service...

Gilmour Space Technologies, an Australian rocket company, is teaming up with Exolaunch, a German rideshare provider, to enable better a small satellite launch experience customers. The two companies announced the...

The first partnership has been announced under the United Kingdom-Australia Space Bridge, a program launched earlier this year by the Australian Space Agency and UK Space Agency to boost investment...