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The team of autonomous land vehicle scouts ready to explore the University of Adelaide laboratory environment.
News
8 August 2024

What is the optimal way to generate and share contextual observations among team members? That's one of the interesting questions being explored by a Defence Science-University of Adelaide team.

Bin Lee (centre) with four DRDC colleagues testing the new CADPAT (MT) uniform and other developmental materials at 29 Palms, California in November 2022.The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), also known as 29 Palms, is the largest United States Marine Corps base.
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1 August 2024

Defence scientist Dr Bin Lee has completed a year-long posting to Quebec to conduct camouflage pattern research with Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) counterparts. The work was a contribution to our longstanding bilateral S&T collaboration in Camouflage Pattern Generation and Soldier Signature Modelling and Simulation.

Oliver Loewenthal is spending six months with DSTG as part of the Navy Civilian Engineer Development Program (NCEDP). NCEDP is a three-year, six rotation Defence graduate program run out of Directorate of Navy Engineering (DNE).
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24 July 2024

Oliver Loewenthal is spending six months with DSTG as part of the Navy Civilian Engineer Development Program (NCEDP). NCEDP is a three-year, six rotation Defence graduate program run out of Directorate of Navy Engineering (DNE).

Australia’s 2024 Locked Shields Partner Run participants lock horns with Locked Shields hackers at Adelaide’s Lot 14 Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre (Aus3C).
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17 July 2024

A DSTG team of cyber professionals including several new graduates were part of an Australian team which recently battled the world's toughest hackers in a bid to defend the fictional country of Berylia.

Over the last four years, Dr Stephen Sun has become DSTG's resident subject matter expert in the assessment of the quality and reliability of aerospace components fabricated using additive manufacturing. Learn more about this exciting area of research.
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11 July 2024

Over the last four years, Dr Stephen Sun has become DSTG's resident subject matter expert in the assessment of the quality, and hence reliability, of aerospace components fabricated using additive manufacturing. Learn more about this exciting area of research.

Scientists Alex McDonald and Franke Agenbag working on the Buccaneer CubeSat.
News
4 July 2024

Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility's Space Irradiation Beamline (HIAF-SIBL), hosted at the Australian National University, has played a vital role in an exciting first for the Australian space industry: the first time that Australian space radiation testing has been done on an Australian space payload.

DSTG chemist Dr Ashleigh Farnsworth
News
2 July 2024

Since their discovery in 2011, self-healing vitrimer polymers have been shown to address the limitations of both thermoset and thermoplastic materials. It’s an application that is not well understood and offers exciting opportunities for Defence.

The Fleet Space Technologies Centauri-4 low-Earth satellite used in the demonstration to receive and retransmit voice communications (artist’s depiction, supplied by Fleet Space Technologies).
News
30 April 2024

Following the rapid integration of extant Australian technology over the last year, a team comprising DSTG and Australian academic and industry partners, supported by the SmartSat CRC, recently demonstrated an advanced 'push to talk' voice over satellite system.

Group of scientists in a Sensor & Trials Facility
News
23 April 2024

Defence scientist Dr Joe Fabrizio, who leads DSTG's research in radio frequency (RF) sensing and electronic warfare, says his team is implementing a bold new vision for the Sensor & Trials Facility (STF) as a collaborative hub with a permanent trials network at its nucleus.

POST 2024 attendees observe a remotely piloted demonstration at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. This was part of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's 2024 POST Field Experimentation (POST-FX) conference which brought the region's science, technology and security experts together for field demonstrations, allowing providers to showcase technologies that engage U.S. Indo-Pacific allies and partners.
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16 April 2024

The Pacific Operational Science and Technology (POST) Conference in Hawaii is a leading forum for collaboration, and the exploration of opportunities for joint research, development, and experimentation with the United States Department of Defense.

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