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Entries by Michael Cratt
Lockheed Martin Australia selects Australian ground segment specialist Av-Comm Space & Defence for SouthPAN partnership
22 December 2022 Av-Comm Space and Defence has secured a major expansion opportunity, partnering with Lockheed Martin Australia to build and service four Radio Frequency Uplink subsystems for the rollout of the new Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) by Geoscience Australia and Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ). Under the $25 million contract, […]
Av-Comm Space and Defence expands large antenna capabilities with acquisition of R G Systems
9 December 2022 Av-Comm Space and Defence is pleased to announce it has acquired the Central Coast-based large antenna specialist R G Systems. Australian-owned R G Systems has been operating since 2005 and during that time has installed and refurbished more than 100 large antenna systems for defence and civil satellite communications customers. This […]
Av-Comm Exhibits at the 14th Australian Space Forum and Features on Australia in Space TV
25 October 2022 Last week Av-Comm had the opportunity to attend the 14th Australian Space Forum in Adelaide. Hosted by the Andy Thomas Space Foundation with support from the South Australian Government, the forum brought together the best and brightest from Australia’s space industry and from around the world. We were excited to showcase Av-Comm […]
Av-Comm services supporting safer air travel around the Pacific
11 October 2022 Av-Comm is supporting safer air travel in the Pacific through the delivery of field engineering, installation, and commissioning services under our Pacific Aviation Investment Program’s (PAIP) Phase 3 contract. Funded by the World Bank, the program was established to improve aviation infrastructure and to help make air travel to and from the […]
World Space Week
10 October 2022 Formally declared by the United Nations in 1999, World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology. Held each year from October 4-10, the dates hold significance in the space industry, commemorating the 4 October 1957 launch of the first human-made Earth satellite Sputnik 1, and commemorating the 10 October […]
Av-Comm Exhibition at Land Forces
7 October 2022 Av-Comm had an absolute blast at the Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition in Brisbane this week! Land Forces is our region’s premier international Land Defence Exposition, attracting more than 700 Australian and international companies. It is the largest event of its kind in the region. Av-Comm’s Managing Director Michael Cratt and […]
Space tech entrepreneur Jeremy Hallett joins Av-Comm Space & Defence
22 August 2022 Space technology entrepreneur and former CEO of Clearbox Systems, Jeremy Hallett, has been appointed by Av-Comm Space and Defence to the role of Strategic Advisor to empower Av-Comm’s aspiration to support and sustain Australia’s existing ground station assets and the company’s major expansion into sovereign manufacturing of satellite ground systems. In his […]
