#1 👩🚀 Constellation Review - Spacetech wins, Moon Mining and Cyber Security Blues
Innovation Roundup on for the Defence, Security & Aerospace sectors in Australia
Howdy 👋
Welcome to the first edition of the Constellation Review - a roundup on innovation news for the Defence, Security & Aerospace sectors in Australia.
There is some serious heat in the Australian Space sector right now which is great to see as a number of home grown heroes announce new funding rounds and commercial partnerships with global leaders.
Looking outward the Danish government has announced their recent Defence strategy and investment plan which aligns with our thoughts - a holistic approach that links the Defence apparatus, Defence industry and critical civilian areas (such as drone manufacturing and energy) is the only type of strategy that makes sense.
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Things to know 📰
Homegrown news 🦘
A little further away 🌏
🚀 Rocket built by startup Firefly explodes off California coast.
Firefly is not the only space company to lose a rocket in 2021. Astra, a California-based startup with a similar business plan to Firefly's, attempted last week to put its 43-foot-tall rocket into orbit, but the vehicle veered sideways off its launch pad and attempted to right itself before exploding over the coast of Alaska. And then there's SpaceX, which has endured many explosions during the early development phases of its rocket technology.
Things to think about 🧠
📊 Australia can become a mid-level defence industry player.
The Danish government will invest in the energy sector, space technology, cybersecurity, and AI
🔓 The cybersecurity industry is burning — but VCs don’t care
“Year on year, security technology advances and gets provably better,” Gunter Ollmann, an early security analytics pioneer and current chief security officer at Devo, told VentureBeat. “However, the diversity and complexity of interconnected systems is growing much faster, and so attack surfaces are increasing quicker than most businesses can effectively secure.”
Things to do 💃
10 Sep 21: Space Cafe Australia (virtual)
15 Sep 21: 12th Australian Space Forum (virtual and in-person)
21 Sep 21: ADF UAS: Now and to 2040 (virtual)
27-29 Sep 21: Defence Transformation Week (virtual)
Apply within 🐱🚀
🚀 Space Domain Opportunities - Saab Australia - Adelaide
👩🚀 Multiple Opportunities - Gilmour Space - Queensland
👩💻 Tech Advisory, Manager (Aerospace & Defence) – Accenture - Adelaide
📚 PhD scholarship - Cooperative operation of UAVs - University of Wollongong - Wollongong
👩💼 Defence Transformation Programme Management (Consultant to Manager) - EY - Canberra
🏢 Project Managers - Defence Science & Technology Group - Adelaide
That’s it for now! If you enjoyed this edition please share.
See you next time.
✌ Todd