Australia

The Department of Defence has established a Geospatial Goods and Services Standing Offer Panel (GeoPanel) to procure geospatial goods, services and relevant emerging geospatial technologies from approved industry providers. The GeoPanel provides the framework for Australian Defence organisation and Defence portfolio agencies to collaborate with industry and identify innovative geospatial data in support of Australia’s ...

The Australian Association for Uncrewed Systems (AAUV) is conducting its annual RPAS Industry Survey for 2022. The aim of the survey is to find out what’s important for the growth of the drone industry in Australia. The AAUV will use the information gathered to shape its drone advocacy strategy. Last year’s survey provided valuable feedback ...

An Aboriginal teenager from Far North Queensland is using the power of drone technology to preserve the history of the Wallara clan of the Koko-Muluridji people. 19-year-old James Cook University Bachelor of Science student, Gullara McInnes has combined her love of drones and mapping with her passion for her traditional country to give local Elders ...

Australia’s frogs deserve better distribution maps, and thanks to tens of thousands of people across Australia recording calling frogs with their phones, we now have the occurrence data to do this. Since the launch of the Australian Museum’s FrogID project in 2017, there has been a rapid increase in frog occurrence records in Australia. FrogID ...

Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) today successfully completed Australia’s first commercial space launch with NASA. The historic launch was NASA’s first from a fully commercial spaceport and is the first of three planned launches, with the other two scheduled for 4 and 12 July. The aim of the missions is to conduct astrophysical studies that can ...

From 1 July 2022, some operators of drones within Australia will be required to seek noise approval under certain circumstances before they can fly. From that date, the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications is making drone noise regulations compulsory, requiring that holders of remotely piloted aircraft operator’s certificates (ReOC) to seek approval ...