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Defence Human Sciences Symposium 2025

The Defence Human Sciences Symposium (DHSS) is the principal Australian forum for those interested in the application of human sciences research to enhance Defence capability. DHSS 2025 will be co-hosted by University of Western Australia and the Department of Defence. It will be held from 02-04 December 2025 at the University of Western Australia, Perth.

HUMS2025

The 14th Defence Science and Technology International Conference on Health and Usage Monitoring (HUMS2025) will be held at Melbourne & Avalon, Victoria, Australia from 24 - 25th March 2025, in conjunction with the 20th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC21).
The Call for Abstracts is now open. Please submit abstracts via the Engineers Australia submission system, see the AIAC website for details. Abstracts are due end of July 2024.

Defence Human Sciences Symposium 2024

The Defence Human Sciences Symposium (DHSS) is the principal Australian forum for those interested in the application of human sciences research to enhance Defence capability. DHSS 2024 will be co-hosted by Deakin University and the Department of Defence. It will be held from 02-04 December at Deakin University Downtown (Melb CBD).

HUMS 2023

The 13th Defence Science and Technology International Conference on Health and Usage Monitoring will be held at Avalon & Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from 27‑28th February 2023, in conjunction with the 20th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC20).

‘Skirmishing Mist’ Dismounted Infantry 2030 Concept

Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group's Land Capability Analysis (LCA) Future Technology Concept Exploration (FTCE) programme focusses on designing new and novel ways for Army to exploit and counter emerging technologies, and assessing the potential operational effectiveness of the conceptual and structural transformations.

Measuring resilience and what it can tell us about PTSD

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In this innovative project, scientists are looking at what habituation to startling stressors can tell us about resilience.

Ramping up individual and team performance

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HPRnet was established by DST and Army in 2016 to help address Army’s top Human Performance research priorities.
HPRnet was established by DST and Army in 2016 to help address Army’s top Human Performance research priorities.

DST's human performance researchers Dr Susannah Whitney and Phil Temby have joined forces with two West Australian universities to study individual and team performance in the Australian Army.

Enhanced Situational Awareness for Soldiers

"We're trying to give soldiers greater situational awareness that allows them to perform at a higher level." - Larissa Cahill, DST researcher

Prevalence, Predictors and Extent of Dietary and Nutritional Supplement Use in the Australian Army

Soldiers often use supplements with the aim of helping to meet the physical and mental performance requirements of their occupation. The purpose of this study was to understand dietary and nutritional supplement use by active-duty Australian soldiers.

Comparative Field Evaluation of the In-service and Prototype Modular Mission Adaptive Combat Ration Packs

In this report  a side-by-side comparison with in-service CRP, a nutrient optimised modular MA CRP design was fielded with dismounted infantry personnel to assess fitness-for-purpose and utilisation over a 6–day use period.

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