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title: Metakosmos Accepted to the CSIRO Kickstart Program
description: Metakosmos was accepted to CSIRO Kickstart, adding national research capability to work with CSIRO running since 2020.
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 Sep 8, 2026 · 5 min read

# Metakosmos Accepted to the CSIRO Kickstart Program

 Metakosmos was accepted to CSIRO Kickstart, adding national research capability to work with CSIRO running since 2020.

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CSIRO Kickstart accepted Metakosmos into its programme, which connects small and medium enterprises to Australia's national science agency.

The company has worked with CSIRO and the Department of Defence since 2020 on improving production processes.

## PRODUCTION PROCESS FOCUS

Suit manufacturing has been substantially hand-executed by skilled technicians. Bespoke sizing means little transfers between articles, producing a cost structure with almost no economies of scale and unit-to-unit variation.

Process research addresses both. Consistent, characterised manufacturing produces articles that a [validation campaign](https://www.metakosmos.co/prove) can assess, because a test result applies to a fleet only where the fleet is consistent.

## MEASUREMENT TRACEABILITY

Materials work requires traceable measurement. A permeation figure, thermal conductivity value or fatigue characteristic enters a qualification package only where the measurement traces to a documented reference.

Standardised methods including ASTM F739 for permeation testing exist to make results comparable across laboratories and programmes.

## WHY NATIONAL CAPABILITY

Materials characterisation under unusual conditions, manufacturing process optimisation, measurement methodology and standards work sit between company capability and university research.

National science agencies hold instrumentation and expertise that individual companies cannot economically replicate.

## DEFENCE RELEVANCE

Production capacity at scale is a procurement consideration for the [land domain](https://www.metakosmos.co/land), particularly [CBRN](https://www.metakosmos.co/land/cbrn-operations) and soldier systems requirements set by defence organisations.

Sovereign capability in manufacturing terms means domestic production at required rate and quality, alongside domestic design.

## MATERIALS SCOPE

Materials research through [LABS](https://www.metakosmos.co/labs) has produced peer-reviewed output, including work published in Elsevier's Carbon journal.

## DEFENCE RELEVANCE

Production capacity at scale is a procurement consideration for defence buyers. Metakosmos holds DUNS and NCAGE registration alongside the CSIRO and Department of Defence working relationship.

### References

- [Metakosmos - LABS](https://www.metakosmos.co/labs)
- [Metakosmos - PROVE](https://www.metakosmos.co/prove)
- [Metakosmos - CORE](https://www.metakosmos.co/core)
- [Metakosmos - Land](https://www.metakosmos.co/land)
- [Metakosmos - CBRN Operations](https://www.metakosmos.co/land/cbrn-operations)
- [Metakosmos - Partners](https://www.metakosmos.co/partners)
- [Metakosmos - About](https://www.metakosmos.co/about)
- [Kolling Institute — CSIRO and Department of Defence engagement since 2020](https://kollinginstitute.org.au/news/researchers-inform-next-gen-space-suit-design/)
- [ASTM International — F739 permeation test method](https://store.astm.org/standards/f739)
- [Asia Pacific Defence Reporter — Moon to Mars grant and production capacity](https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/australian-spacesuit-company-wins-grant/)

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