As a global organisation, Thales understands that it has a responsibility to support the creation of a mutually beneficial ecosystem made up of Australian SMEs and academic research institutions. There is a clear understanding across our business that we cannot and should not do everything ourselves and instead, we have a responsibility to collaborate with and promote local SMEs and academic institutions who have the right technologies or are researching into new technologies that will benefit a program or customer.
The Statement of Strategic Intent and Cooperation that was signed between the
Partnering with Australian SMEs
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For SMEs, working with large multinational companies can expose them to opportunities that they may not otherwise have access to. 'The space industry in
'We have people on the ground in countries around the world whose job it is to find out what technologies are needed, and then search for and promote Australian SMEs to fulfil that demand'.
Thales is currently engaging a number of Australian SME's, including
Following on from this success, the Thales Australia Global Supply Chain program has connected
Fortifyedge:
Fortifyedge is a Tasmanian technology start-up that has developed a low power 'on-device' Zero-Trust cybersecurity software solution to improve trust of the identity of users. By deploying Artificial Intelligence within the software in a fast and efficient manner, Fortifyedge is able to assure identity and learn a user's 'pattern of life' activity - thus providing zero-touch multi-factor authentication and alerts of imposter attack anomalies.
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Fortifyedge are taking this technology to see how machine learning can met space missions such as astronaut identification, status and safety. Read more: Fortifyedge's technology to identify users in space (Spaceaustralia) and Fortifyedge stretches machine learning all the way to Mars (Microsoft Australia News Centre).
PWR Advanced Cooling Technology:
PWR Advanced Cooling Technology, based in Ormeau Queensland, turned their passion for motorsports into an innovative, well-respected, and global brand. Their team designs, manufactures and distributes radiators, oil coolers and intercoolers for a range of vehicles including formula one racing cars. Their continual investment into emerging technologies, has seen PWR make the move from focusing solely on high-performance vehicles in the racing industry to expansion into new markets such as industrial, aerospace and defence. Their achievements caught the eye of Thales' Global Supply Chain team who have worked with PWR to explore new areas where thermal heat management is a critical enabler such as: rifles, Underwater Systems and most recently Space, where PWR have been introduced to
Collaborating with research institutions
Thales also collaborates closely with Australian research institutions by sponsoring and supporting research projects that could be beneficial to enhance
'Research partnerships between Academia and corporates help breathe life into a research project by taking a concept and bringing it to market' Dawson says.
'Taking a product to market involves lengthy and costly processes that require funding support by companies in partnership with university to scale, prototype, test and validate, redesign, test further and finally, productise to take to market. It is important that organisations like Thales work with Academia, moving ideas and concepts along the maturity curve to help bring them to life.'
Currently, Thales is working with
Higher dynamic range
Greater temporal resolution
An optimised data output stream that focuses on the motion features of the image
Dramatic reduction of the processing load associated with extracting individual observations. This avoids the exceptionally high CPU/GPU processing needs and power consumption that is typical for conventional video processing systems.
AstrositeTM could provide a new sovereign capability to Defence's portfolio of sensor data sources and it can be readily used for cross-cueing with other sensors. It could provide Defence with situational awareness from and in space, which is vital for navigation, timing and communication required for contemporary military operations. We have already had significant interest in its capability from international space operators. Read more here.
Thales is also an active participant in the SmartSat CRC, that fosters close collaboration between Industry and Academia, and provides strong support for SME involvement. Thales has participated in several SmartSat projects and is the lead industry participant on a current major project in free space optical communications that is close to completion. Thales also provides industry co-supervision for two PhD students, and has one new project in the final stages of approval.
Creating space related jobs for the future
Contact:
Jasmin Hilleard
T: +61 2 8037 6034
T: +61 420 903 636
E: Jasmin.Hilleard@thalesgroup.com.au
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