Latest Aerospace News

West Cobar Metals is fast-tracking its scandium exploration at the Salazar Project in Western Australia, targeting higher-grade zones with aircore drilling planned for late 2026 alongside advancing metallurgical testwork.

Rimfire Pacific Mining has appointed Bronwyn Barnes as Executive Chair and secured $2.3 million in a placement to advance its scandium exploration and development strategy.

IperionX plans to relocate its parent company to Texas and list directly on Nasdaq, aligning its corporate structure with its US operations. The appointment of manufacturing veteran Michael J. Loparco aims to bolster the company’s industrial scale-up.

Ava Risk Group has appointed Bryant Henson as CEO to spearhead its next growth phase, with a sharp focus on expanding its footprint in the United States and strengthening commercial execution worldwide.

KTEK Aerosystems has leveraged its $10 million IPO to accelerate production scale-up and international growth, with deliveries set to resume in September and a new US assembly operation underway.

1414 Degrees secured $8.45 million funding and inked major agreements to commercialise its SiNTL battery technology across AI data centres, drones, satellites and defence sectors.

Eden Innovations reported strong EdenCrete® trial results in India and North America, strategic hires for EdenShield® in defence markets, and completed a $4.05 million placement, ending the quarter debt-free with $5.2 million cash.

Vanadium Resources pivots to a co-production V-Iron Plant at Steelpoortdrift, securing a non-binding offtake with US Vanadium and appointing Rand Merchant Bank to drive project financing.

Chilwa Minerals has more than doubled its Mpyupyu heavy mineral sands resource to 109.6 million tonnes, defined a maiden niobium-rare earths exploration target at Nakombe, and progressed its planned Nasdaq dual listing with the SEC.

BluGlass capped FY26 with major contract wins including a $1.4 million Phase II deal with Uviquity, a $1.3 million agreement with a Fortune 500 data storage giant, and a world-record 1.9W output from its blue GaN laser, while raising $14.6 million to fuel growth.

IperionX reports steady ramp-up of titanium powder output at Virginia facility, successful commissioning of major powder metallurgy equipment, and progress in customer product development. The Titan DFS confirms strong project economics, while the Atlas acquisition broadens critical mineral resources and infrastructure.

Sovereign Metals has unveiled a robust Definitive Feasibility Study for its Kasiya project, projecting a US$2.2 billion pre-tax NPV and positioning the mine as a critical non-Chinese supplier of rutile, graphite, and heavy rare earths to the US and allies.