Developed in the mid-1950s, the T-VASIS system became the international standard to assist aircraft pilots in the final stages of landing.

From 1948 to 1977, the development of a sub-sonic unmanned jet-propelled target plane enhanced Australia’s reputation for defence science innovation.

During the 1930s and 1940s, the Munitions Supply Laboratories (MSL), played a major role in pioneering the optical glass industry in Australia.

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.

Dr David Warren of Aeronautical Research Laboratory (ARL) in Fisherman’s Bend invented the world’s first black box flight recorder in 1953.