There is no one solution to managing the tens of thousands of satellites in orbit but being a responsible user of space is a start. On this week’s episode of Space Connect Podcast, Electro Optic Systems CEO Glen Tindall joins the team again to chat about the increasing importance of situational awareness in space, especially as hundreds of thousands of satellites are expected to be launched in the coming decades. Tindall also discusses how large satellites are still relevant amid the industry’s progression towards nanosatellites. Lastly, the duo chats about Australia’s movement away from one-off grants that stimulate temporary growth, towards an industry that has a full enough supply chain to wholly deliver the nation’s interests in space.

Australia is currently a prime location for space investment, and this wouldn’t have been the case a few years ago. On this week’s episode of Space Connect Podcast, host Bella Richards chats to the CEO of the Space Industry Association of Australia, James Brown, about how Australia was a popular country at the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado. The duo also chatted about SIAA’s role in advocating for the space industry in Australia, and what the latest budget announcements mean for the sector. Lastly, Brown speaks out on Australia's annual space budget, and how, despite recent allocations have increased the number, it is still not enough.

In this bonus episode of the Australian Aviation podcast, hosts Phil Tarrant and MAJGEN (Ret’d) Marcus Thompson discuss the importance of Australian business, including the space sector, preparing for possible cyber threats. The pair begin by discussing MAJGEN (Ret’d) Thompson’s recent opinion piece in The Australian Financial Review, which dives into Russia’s history of cyber and information warfare, and the threat of Russian cyber-attacks being weaponised in reprisal against Australia for supporting Ukraine during the recent conflict. Both hosts continue by discussing the impact of cyber warfare on Australian businesses, and how many malicious actors work in concert with state-sponsored groups to exploit the cyber domain. The pair wraps up the podcast by analysing how cyber remains an integral part in both hybrid and greyzone warfare, and that foreign actors will continue to use cyber as an essential attack vector in future conflicts.