The Missile Simulation Centre (MSC) is a state-of-the-art facility in which missile flight, guidance and control and target engagement capabilities can be studied in simulated flight.
Our facilities and research centres
DSTG is home to some of the best science and technology facilities in the world.
We operate research facilities across Australia, including in:
- Adelaide, South Australia
- Brisbane, Queensland
- Canberra, Australian Captial Territory
- Innisfail, Queensland
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Perth, Western Australia
- Sydney, New South Wales
- Scottsdale, Tasmania
See our Contact us page for site addresses and contact details.
Some of our Facilities
Canberra
Through the National Security Science and Technology Centre (NSSTC), DSTG coordinates research for national security across all Australian government agencies.
Melbourne
A partnership of DSTG and university researchers is applying evidence-based systems research and analysis to tackle the training and manpower challenges of the Australian Defence Force.
Melbourne
DSTG has a number of world-class facilities that provide the ability to test and design propulsion systems and related technologies.
Edinburgh
DSTG’s Rocket Motor Test Facility is used for ground-based test firings of solid propellant rocket motors.
Melbourne
DSTG has a purpose-equipped laboratory for investigations into Defence uses of rubber.
Melbourne
The Transonic Wind Tunnel is used to study high-speed aerodynamic flows around aircraft and to investigate how these flows interact with the stores and other attachments carried and released from the wings and fuselage.
Edinburgh
The Underwater Acoustic Scattering Laboratory (UASL) is used to undertake research on various aspects of sound scattering from underwater objects such as submarines, surface ships, rocks and bubble clouds.
Melbourne
The DSTG Water Tunnel is a closed circuit facility, with a free water surface in the horizontal test-section.
