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ADSTAR 2024 Conference Proceedings
12 August 2025

ADSTAR is proud to release a selection of 150 submissions received as its ADSTAR 2024 Conference Proceedings.

These papers are important in leveraging Australia's defence science community. They represent new concepts and approaches to current challenges, as well as different ideas and research that may help Defence plan for the future and explore new opportunities.

Eureka Prizes finalist, Dr Kamal Kant Gupta
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31 July 2025

Congratulations to DSTG Scientist Adjunct Prof Dr Kamal Kant Gupta and his colleague Dr Jafar Shojaii (Macquarie University), The University of Melbourne and Swinburne University of Technology, who have been named as finalists in the Department of Defence's Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia.

Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN)
News
15 May 2025

Australia is leading the way in over-the-horizon radar (OTHR) systems thanks to over 50 years of deep collaboration between defence scientists, industry and our ADF.

Buccaneer Main Mission team
17 April 2025

Buccaneer Main Mission, known as a CubeSat, is the second of two CubeSats launched under the Buccaneer project, following the successful launch of Buccaneer Risk Mitigation Mission in 2017.

Buccaneer Main Mission's objective is to collect high-frequency measurements in low-Earth orbit, to better understand radio-frequency propagation through the ionosphere.

Dr Eranda Galhenage
17 April 2025

DSTG is collaborating with the University of Adelaide, the University of South Australia and DEWC Services on new research examining autonomous command and control (C2) of drone swarms.

University of Adelaide undergraduate Nicole Jefferies and Defence scientist Dr James Biddle
17 April 2025

After spending two summer vacations working with Defence cyber specialists, University of Adelaide undergraduate Nicole Jefferies sees an exciting future for herself in the cyber domain.

Dr Chirima (left) and fellow researcher Dr Matthew Ibrahim with DSTG’s ultrasonic immersion system which is able to measure the speed of sound, transmission loss and reflection coefficients of Dr Chirima’s material samples which are immersed in the water.
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16 October 2024

Acoustic materials researcher Dr Gleny Chirima hopes to make our submarines disappear. In her recently-announced Chief Defence Scientist Fellowship, Dr Chirima will investigate an innovative layered viscoelastic coating that could dramatically reduce the signature of undersea vehicles.

Dr Chirima has Masters and PhD qualifications related to polymer materials and composites, and is a member of DSTG's Acoustic Materials research domain which focuses on making undersea vehicles stealthier.

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.
News
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).

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