Tag: Adam Gilmour

Space launch treaty is an economic ‘nothingburger’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The space collaboration treaty between the US and Australia last week might encourage more foreign launches from Australian soil, but it does not enable technology transfer and as a...

Ed Husic is ‘at war’ with the space industry

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s local space sector is furious at the Albanese government for cancelling another space program, laying the blame squarely on Industry minister Ed Husic for axing a billion-dollar satellite...

A $56.5m federal grant lands for a rocket to take off

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The stars are beginning to align for the maiden flight of the first Australian-designed orbital vehicle, which is being built on the Gold Coast in Queensland by local upstart...

Defence, space and the drive toward national self-reliance

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Debates about the notional definition of sovereign capability has entered mainstream policy debates over the past two years. The impact that Covid and the economic crisis that it wrought...

Ambition: An InnovationAus.com documentary

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It seems like everyone is aware that something interesting is going on at Gilmour Space Technologies’ manufacturing facility on the Gold Coast, but until you actually see it, it’s...

A fiery debate: Applied research versus pure research

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The significance of funding basic research was contested between panelists in an at times fiery discussion at The Innovation Papers event on Thursday that focused on the best...

Australia needs local space primes: Adam Gilmour

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia needs its own sovereign primes in the space sector to boost the nation’s manufacturing capability and build resilience into the local economy, Gilmour Space Technologies chief executive Adam...

The Innovation Papers: Meet our full list of expert authors

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Forty policy thinkers from across the Australian tech and innovation ecosystems have contributed more than 70,000 words to The Innovation Papers projects to be published in a newspaper format...