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Physical Employment Standards

DSTG is developing performance standards that help assess an individual's ability to perform given roles.

Gas respirators

From 1924 to 1944, research into the manufacture of respirators became a priority for the Australian government with World War I experiences of gas warfare a vivid memory.

Testing the effectiveness of camouflage

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A camouflage uniform is tested by a DSTO scientist.
Private Taylor Gleeson has a Canadian uniform checked by Dr Bin Lee from the DSTO during the NATO camouflage effectiveness field trial at the Jungle Training Centre in Tully, Australia
Camouflage patterns for military uniforms will trick the human eye so that soldiers are indistinguishable from the background.

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