Australian shipbuilder Austal has been awarded a new AU$369 million contract for two additional Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) ships by the US Navy. [ + ]

Toyota Motor Corporation Australia will soon start the transformation of part of its former plant in Altona, Victoria into an energy hub for hydrogen. [ + ]

Supply chain digitisation will help BAE Systems Australia and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) bring Industry 4.0 to reality. [ + ]

APS Industrial has become the exclusive distribution partner for Rittal's Ri4Power type-tested modular switchboard system. [ + ]

ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm, has ranked Stratasys as the top additive manufacturing vendor. [ + ]

METS Ignited has awarded its Collaboration Award to the Newcrest Crowd powered by Unearthed. [ + ]

How does a 'smart factory' send its goods? While the answer is logically through a 'smart supply chain', that may not be the case just yet. [ + ]

MDT Software's change management solution is now available in Australia through Control Logic. [ + ]

LoopEdge is to be integrated with MindSphere to collect and manage industrial device data. [ + ]

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced that solar and wind farms will trial providing their own short-term generation forecasts. [ + ]

Registration has opened for the 20th National Manufacturing Week, which will be held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre from 14–17 May. [ + ]

Emerson's DeltaV control and safety system is the first control system to achieve ISASecure SSA Level 1 certification. [ + ]

CSIRO's Data61 has opened a new Robotics Innovation Centre in Queensland, a purpose-built research facility for robotics and autonomous systems. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has announced that it has entered into an agreement with ASC to support Collins Class submarine sustainment. [ + ]

New Brunswick could see up to 30 distributed hydrogen production stations deployed for zero-carbon baseload generation. [ + ]