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The future of Defence command and control is agile

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Dr Paul Gaertner is leading Defence's Agile Command and Control STaR Shot.

Investment in Defence innovation paying off

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Image credit: RMIT

Australian researchers achieved a stellar result in the inaugural Global-X science challenge.

Mathematics helps composites go beyond

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Joel Patniotis in an anechoic chamber with a sample DSTG-designed artificial impedance surface. One day reconfigurable antenna surfaces like this could be embedded in the surface of air, sea and land platforms.
Joel Patniotis in an anechoic chamber with a sample DSTG-designed artificial impedance surface. One day reconfigurable antenna surfaces like this could be embedded in the surface of air, sea and land platforms.

Progress embedding antennas in aircraft surfaces.

Defence researchers begin journey to STEM superstardom

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Left to right: Crystal Forrester (Aerospace Engineer) and Dr Cayt Rowe (Operations Analyst)
Left to right: Crystal Forrester (Aerospace Engineer) and Dr Cayt Rowe (Operations Analyst)

Two of Defence's most accomplished rising stars of research have been selected to take part in the Superstars of STEM initiative, which aims to raise public awareness of women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

New maths regime releases our fighter jet from testing shackles

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What do fighter aircraft, alligators and hurricanes have in common?

Dr Nigel McGinty

Chief Human and Decision Sciences

Daniel Magnano | Early Career Researcher

Daniel is an acoustic engineer at DST who turns scientific ideas into capabilities that support the Australian Defence Force.

Dr Miftar Ganija | Early Career Researcher

Miftar is a laser scientist at DST who is pushing the boundaries of science in the interest of Defence and national security.

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.

Improved vision for facial recognition

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Sau Yee Yiu and Dmitri Kamenetsky are both members of DST’s biometrics research team.
Sau Yee Yiu and Dmitri Kamenetsky are both members of DST’s biometrics research team.

Defence scientists have enhanced a facial recognition algorithm, improving the odds of identifying someone in adverse environments such as across a distant carpark and in dark alleys.

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