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TAPS
19 May 2017
DST has recently acquired a new Towed Acoustic Projector System (TAPS) that will significantly improve how the organisation conducts its underwater acoustic research.
Maria Gavrilescu and Peter Gibbs prepare to conduct an experiment on visual performance with a night vision device used in Army aviation.
12 May 2017
The Night Vision Laboratory at DST provides researchers with a controlled environment to assess night vision technology that is either in service, or is being considered for use by the ADF.
Shannon Ryan is holding one of the twelve ceramic samples tested at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's beam line for residual stress.
9 May 2017
Shannon Ryan recently travelled to the US, to conduct experiments examining light-weight ceramics that might be used to replace the traditional heavy metal military vehicle armour.
The MRH90 is one of the most advanced tactical troop transport helicopters of the 21st Century.
4 May 2017
A team of forensic engineers from DST is using unique forensic engineering techniques and highly complex computational fluid analyses of airflow to ensure the safety of the ADF helicopters.
Media Release
27 April 2017

Minister Pyne announces $10 million to defeat improvised threats.

R&I Graduate Monique Hollick (middle) talking with DST Chiefs Dr Janis Cocking and Dr John Riley.
24 April 2017
DST recently recruited five Research and Innovation (R&I) Graduates as part of the Defence Graduate Program (DGP).
The SHARC satellite.
20 April 2017

Australian satellites, including the miniaturised satellite SHARC, were on the successful launch of a re-supply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

Defence researcher Robert Hunjet is helping to create flocks of high-tech, emergent courier pigeons.
19 April 2017
Defence researcher Robert Hunjet runs the Self-organising Communications and Autonomous Delivery Service (SCADS) project.
Defence scientist Dr James Palmer (right) and team member Simon Palumbo
13 April 2017
Defence scientist Dr James Palmer has been awarded the inaugural Stanford Australia Foundation - CSIRO ON Accelerate Scholarship to attend an executive course in the US.
EAGLE
3 April 2017
Olivia Samardzic and her colleagues first started looking at how to safely alert people approaching a checkpoint, without harming them, back in 2008.

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