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The Defence Science and Technology Group is part of Australia's Department of Defence. It is the second largest public-funded R&D organisation in Australia.

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$50 million for industry and Defence to work together on trusted autonomous systems

The first $50 million Defence Cooperative Research Centre is announced by the Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP.

Senior appointments at DST

Three senior appointees join the DST leadership team.

ON Prime:Defence opens doors for researchers

ON Prime:Defence is designed to help research teams test and discover real world applications for their work.

DST cyber team takes out three South Australian iAwards

DST’s Trustworthy Systems team has taken out three iAwards in South Australia.

Technology commercialisation award for Defence scientist

Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, congratulates Defence scientist Darryn Smart on winning the prestigious Clunies Ross Award.

CDS recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Dr Alex Zelinsky has been made an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2017 Queen's birthday honours.

Improving the effectiveness of missile performance

VIRSuite is a real-time scene generation software designed by DST for the analysis, evaluation and development of electro-optical systems in a range of complex scenarios and environments.

Australian universities receive $5.7 million to develop game changing defence capabilities