Company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Royal Australian Navy raised.
Companies Royal Australian Navy acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Michelle Toscan | Legal Officer (former) | Defence Connect |
| Rear Admiral Stephen Hughes | Head of Navy Capability | @AuManufacturing |
| Andrew Moore | Engineer (former) | @AuManufacturing |
| George McGuire | Commanding Officer (former) | @AuManufacturing, Defence Connect |
| Max York | Commander (former) | Defence Connect |
Stories naming Royal Australian Navy. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
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A former navy sailor created fire-resistant menstrual underwear for frontline workers, with a $200,000 New South Wales government grant funding a second generation and trials upcoming with Australian fire services.
Counter-drone maker DroneShield has appointed retired Rear Admiral Lee Goddard as an independent non-executive director, citing his decades of defence leadership and board experience.
C2 Robotics has named Troy Duggan, a former naval platform commander, as its chief executive. The piece also describes the firm's teaming with Thales Australia and Austal Australia on undersea surveillance.
Advanced Navigation has hired Michelle Toscan to lead its Asia-Pacific operations, tasking her with defence and government engagement as the navigation systems maker supplies primes including Rheinmetall and Boeing.
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Quantum firm Q-CTRL ran a shipboard trial of its quantum navigation sensor on a Royal Australian Navy vessel, operating 144 hours unattended and showing GPS-independent positioning, with results validated in a journal.
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