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The exoskeleton fitted to a manekin.
News
31 July 2015
Some soldiers carry in excess of 85 kg of mission-essential personal equipment. This load can cause fatigue and injury and impact a soldier’s performance.
Front row (L-R): Students Vincent Bachtier, Samiul Amin, Ben Steer and Kyle Hardman. Back row (L-R) Dr Graham Morton (UNSW), Dr Todd Mansell (DST Group) and Glenn Frankish (Lockheed Martin).
News
31 July 2015
Five university students competed for a Student Innovation Prize aimed at developing a trusted autonomous system.
L-R: Assistant Minister for Defence Mr Stuart Robert, Chief Defence Scientist (Australia) Dr Alex Zelinsky, Chief Defence Scientist (Singapore) Professor Quek Tong Boon, Second Minister for Defence Mr Lui Tuck Yew
Media Release
23 July 2015
Australia and Singapore today signed a ten-year Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in defence science and technology.
Image of a human hand reaching for a key within a computer generated environment
News
14 July 2015
Chief Defence Scientist Dr Alex Zelinsky has outlined key priorities for the future of cybersecurity research in Australia.
A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornet in flight with two JDAM-ER 500lb bombs and two Time Space Position Information pods.
News
26 June 2015

A significant milestone has been achieved with the delivery of the first production set of Australian designed and manufactured JDAM-ER wing kits.

Chief Defence Scientist Dr Alex Zelinsky (right) demonstrates the new counter improvised explosive device (IED) equipment to (from L-R) Senator for Western Australia the Hon Linda Reynolds, Minister for Defence the Hon Kevin Andrews and Ambassador for the Embassy of Afghanistan, H.E Nasir A. Andisha.
News
17 June 2015
A significant step toward defeating the threat of improvised explosive devices has been achieved through collaboration between Defence and Industry.
Vice Admiral Robert L. Thomas, Commander of the US Navy 7th Fleet in conversation with CDS Dr Alex Zelinsky (right) and Brendon Anderson, Head DSTO Hydrodynamics.
News
18 May 2015
Five DSTO papers were delivered last week in Yokohama at the Maritime and Systems Technology (MAST) Asia conference, the first ever defence event held in Japan.
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News
15 May 2015

DSTO and University of New South Wales (UNSW) are co-hosting the inaugural Emerging and Disruptive Technology Assessment Symposium (EDTAS) in July this year.

A crowd of representatives from Defence, industry and academia at DSTO Edinburgh for Partnerships Week 2015.
Media Release
6 May 2015
DSTO has opened its doors to industry and academia to showcase innovative technologies being developed to give the Australian Defence Force (ADF) a capability edge.
L-R: Chief Defence Scientist Dr Alex Zelinsky, Israeli Real Admiral Ophir Shoham and Assistant Minister for Defence Stuart Robert
Media Release
12 March 2015
Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert, has met with a defence research delegation from Israel to discuss areas of mutual interest.

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