Named after the wading bird, the Cormorant Lift Bag was designed to recover explosive mines remotely and safely from the sea.

In 2002, DSTO (now DST Group), designed and built a military imaging laser radar, known as LADAR, as a concept demonstrator for battlefield surveillance.

DST Group is an international trailblazer in the use of acoustic imaging on submarines.

The Theatre Broadcast System (TBS) was one of the first ‘Compact Receive Suites’ designed and developed at DST Group.

Defence scientist Dr Mark Anderson was the principal inventor of Shapes Vector, a prototype system developed in 1996 to detect intrusions into computer networks.

Defence scientist Colin Harling began research into the software tool Maritime Exercise Analysis System (MEXANS) in 1994.

Developed in 1992, the ALR-2002 Radar Warning Receiver was the first such complex receiver to be designed and built in Australia.

Starlight is a unique, world-first system that allows users of secure computers to access insecure networks, such as the Internet, without compromising their own security.

The High Frequency Surface Wave Radar technology, developed by Defence scientists in the 1990s, enables Defence and Customs to better monitor Australia’s northern coastline.

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) synchronised signals between computers was an important DSTO development.