In the ten years from 1988 to 1998, several high achieving DSTO scientists were presented with a Minister's Achievement Award to recognise outstanding scientific contribution to Defence.
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- Advance in time-keeping clocks up Eureka win
- Fire safety scientist wins Minister's Award
- Ethical AI within Defence – is it a Goldilocks problem?
- Navigate program charts course to a stronger STEM workforce
- Teams prepare for robotics showdown in Sydney
- Technology by Land, Sea, and Sky: 2022 Maritime RobotX Challenge
- Centre for Advanced Defence Research and Enterprise launched
- The establishment of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator
- Revolutionary stress imaging device takes out National Innovation Award
- $10 million for Defence innovation by small businesses
- $10 million to defeat improvised threats
- $10,000 Eureka Prize now open
- $25 million for Australian universities to work with top US counterparts
- $3 million research grant for Tasmanian university
- $4 million to develop soldier performance
- $50 million for industry and Defence to work together on trusted autonomous systems
- $7.2m for new food processing technology in Tasmania
- $730 Million Fund for Game-changing Defence Technologies
- 'Black Box' for soldiers to capture crucial data on the battlefield
- 'The science of fire for Defence platforms' lecture
- 2010 TTCP Award recipients
- 2011 The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP) Award recipients
- 2012 Secretary of Defence Fellowship winner announced
- 2012 The Technical Cooperation Programe (TTCP) Award recipients
- 2020 Minister's Award for Achievement in Defence Science
- 50th anniversary of Australia's first satellite
- A Joint Effort: Elevator Pitch
- A Joint Effort: collaboration space
- A Layered Approach to Stealthier Undersea Vehicles
- A NIFTI solution for RAAF
- A call to action for all cyber experts
- A career full of mystery and surprise
- A fast-acting tourniquet for Australia’s Future Soldier
- A high performance computing capability for Defence
- A mission system to explore future technologies
- A radiator for the human engine
- A shining solution wins Eureka Prize
- A six-month stint with our wind tunnel team
- AI experts called on to give Defence decision-making edge
- AI technology rises to the challenge
- AI to enable military commanders to make better decisions, faster
- AM for DST Group Aeronautical Engineer in Queen’s Birthday Honours
- ASC and DSTO join forces to support Collins Class Submarines
- Academic partner sought for space technologies symposium
- Achievement award for Defence scientist
- Additive manufacturing to impact future ballistic protection
- Addressing Australia’s electronic warfare skills shortage
- Advanced Radar Research Agreement with CEA Technologies
- Aerodynamics collaboration expands tunnel vision
- Agile Command and Control at ADSTAR
- Agreement cements DSTO and Saab Systems alliance
- Agreement leads to infinite possibilities
- Agreement to usher in enhanced security response
- Air Force helps young women soar
- Airborne sensors help build a maritime picture
- All hands on deck for paralytic toxin research
- Alliance to boost defence capability
- An exciting new take on back seat driving
- Analysing civilian injury data to enhance soldier protection
- Anne-Marie Grisogono joins Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts
- Annual Review Released
- Annual Review released
- Annual Review released
- Applying digital twins to the land domain
- Armour expert takes out young innovator award
- Aspiring Defence scientists gather in Adelaide
- Aspiring to the gold standard of simulation
- Assistant Innovation Minister commends research partnership
- Assistant Minister for Defence briefed on science support for national security
- Assistant Minister praises DSTO for strategy, collaboration and innovation
- Augmenting reality to make the unseen seen
- Australia and India sign Defence arrangement
- Australia and Singapore reinforce defence science and technology cooperation
- Australia and Singapore strengthen defence science cooperation
- Australia hosts NATO camouflage trial
- Australia strengthens defence science cooperation with Singapore
- Australia's space capability testing launches at Woomera
- Australian Design award for Innovative Heat Stress Monitor used by Australian war fighters
- Australian and US universities make breakthroughs in quantum computing and additively manufactured materials
- Australian and US universities to collaborate on defence research
- Australian and US universities to work together on autonomous vehicles
- Australian industry develops tool against terrorism
- Australian universities receive $5.7 million to develop game changing defence capabilities
- Australia’s AI community rises to the challenge
- Australia’s sovereign capability in space technologies heats up
- Award for hypersonics collaboration
- Awarding of inaugural Defence Innovation Scholarship
- Best paper awards presented at the Land Warfare Conference
- Bio-terrorism algorithm forecasting flu outbreaks
- Black box inventor honoured with building name
- Blast protection researcher takes out early career award
- Bold new vision for sensor and effector development
- Breaking open the science of helmet ballistic protection
- Bringing researchers together to enhance national security
- Buccaneer Nanosatellite Launch
- Building an Australian medical countermeasures capability
- Building smarts into drones
- Building the national medical countermeasures program
- CDS recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
- CERA 2017 – Call for research proposals from university sector
- CSIRO and DSTO join to strengthen research capability
- CTD wins Defence Innovation Award
- Call for innovation system to support Defence capability
- Call for novel ways of integrating advanced materials onto military platforms
- Camouflage challenges in the age of drones and AI
- Can we bring artificial intelligence and machine learning to the frontline?
- Cavitation and correlation down under
- Celebration and reflection on International Women’s Day
- Chemical 'lab on a microchip' wins DSTO Eureka Prize
- Chemical analysis facility achieves expanded OPCW accreditation
- Chief Defence Scientist delivers lessons on innovation
- Chief Defence Scientist joins the conversation on cyber
- Chief Defence Scientist outlines bold vision for Defence Science
- Chief Defence Scientist recognised for excellence in leadership
- Clear lines of communication in hostile environments
- Collaborating with the US to protect our soldiers
- Collaboration to enhance electronic surveillance systems
- Combat clothing expert wins science award
- Combating IEDs with ground penetrating radars
- Combating disinformation through collaborative research
- Coming together to defend against CBRN threats
- Congress on soldier performance kicks off in Melbourne
- Construction of the Defence High Performance Computing Centre
- Cortex keeps an eye on the sky
- Countering advanced communication threats
- Cyber at the centre of Defence capability grants for Aussie small businesses
- Cyber researcher takes out Rising Star award
- Cyber team takes out three iAwards
- Cyber the early focus of new small business grant program
- DST Eureka prize winner will safeguard civilians
- DST Group at the Cutting Edge of Maritime Security
- DST Group signs up to superconducting with Siemens and QUT
- DST Group wins Best Engagement Strategy Award
- DST Group's value proposition accepted
- DST Researchers elected as ATSE Fellows
- DST apprentices are valuable assets
- DST book on MH370 launched
- DST chemist wins national achievement award
- DST continues its support of UAV Challenge
- DST driving cognitive performance research
- DST engineer takes out Defence award
- DST extends collaboration with BAE Systems
- DST extends its partnerships at Land Forces
- DST scientist receives highest honour from US Secretary of Defence
- DST thinking saves NATO trial
- DSTO Annual Review 2013-14 released
- DSTO and Airbus Group form strategic alliance
- DSTO and IBM to collaborate on cyber security research
- DSTO and Lockheed Martin in research collaboration
- DSTO and Thales Australia forge new alliance
- DSTO builds deeper linkages with industry
- DSTO collaborates to see fire through the smoke
- DSTO collaboration delivers enhancement to smart bomb technology
- DSTO demonstrates vision technology for defence vehicles
- DSTO expertise addresses IED threats
- DSTO featured in ATSE's Focus magazine
- DSTO features prominently at MAST Asia 2015
- DSTO looks forward to 2035
- DSTO scientist awarded science excellence award
- DSTO seeks views on Land Warfare Conference
- DSTO showcases defence technologies
- DSTO showcases new technologies for further development
- DSTO signs alliance with Northrop Grumman Australia
- DSTO signs strategic alliance with Bureau of Meteorology
- DSTO teams up with DSTO and UNSW for first Emerging and Disruptive Technology Assessment Symposium (EDTAS)
- DSTO to research new technology for Defence long-life foods
- DSTO welcomes new Chief Defence Scientist
- DST’s Kayla Johnson is Best Young Scientist
- Dale Lambert named as ATSE fellow
- Data fusion expert recognised for outstanding public service
- Defence COVID-19 Rapid Response Group
- Defence Fellowship to focus on oil security
- Defence Innovation 2020 goes virtual
- Defence Innovation Precinct for Tasmania
- Defence Minister approves First Pass for SEA 1397, Nulka upgrade
- Defence Minister honours top mathematician
- Defence Science – 115 years underwriting Australia’s security
- Defence Scientist Awarded Silver Medal in Signal Processing in Acoustics
- Defence Scientist Awarded for Achievements in Human Physical Performance
- Defence Scientist Wins Young Innovators Award
- Defence Scientists find Federal Parliament engagement stimulating
- Defence Scientists honoured for MH17 crash investigation role
- Defence and Health sign agreement on medical countermeasures
- Defence and RMIT to research advanced materials
- Defence and industry join forces for rapid face shield production
- Defence capabilities to benefit from strategic alliance
- Defence celebrates National Reconciliation Week
- Defence commitment to gender equity in STEM recognised
- Defence connects with innovators at the cutting edge
- Defence designs and builds drone-detection systems
- Defence designs face shield in record time
- Defence drives nationwide biotechnology alliance
- Defence envisions a high-tech future based on skilled workforce
- Defence expands research to keep troops fighting fit
- Defence funding for future-focused human performance research
- Defence helps research teams and small businesses find their place
- Defence innovation licensed to South Australian company
- Defence invests in the next generation of CBRN scientists
- Defence launches SATCOM research collaboration
- Defence launches book on Nulka missile decoy
- Defence now part of gender equity program for scientists
- Defence nutrition project to create new jobs in Scottsdale
- Defence physical employment standards on show
- Defence receives Athena SWAN Institutional Bronze award
- Defence releases report on ethical use of AI
- Defence researchers begin journey to STEM superstardom
- Defence science contributes to discovery of earlier human occupation in Australia
- Defence science early career achievers
- Defence science prize for marine acoustics expert
- Defence science secures internet transactions
- Defence scientist honoured for JSF innovation
- Defence scientist wins Minister's Award for force protection systems
- Defence scientists elected to Academy
- Defence scientists investigating flexible work arrangements
- Defence scientists receive international awards
- Defence seeks innovative concepts to enhance stealth unmanned aerial systems
- Defence shares freeze-dried food knowledge with Tasmanian industry
- Defence signs agreement with Gold Coast space company
- Defence signs research engineering contract with QinetiQ Australia
- Defence strengthens ties with university sector
- Defence studies internal Indicators of warfighter health and performance
- Defence study shows caffeine can reduce driver error
- Defence to expland research activities with Northrop Grumman
- Defence unveils Indigenous artwork
- Defence unveils new plan to maintain its capability edge
- Defence unveils supercomputing capability
- Defence wins Top Gold Award for Excellence in Public Sector Management
- Defence working in partnerships to increasing our nation’s capability footprint
- Delivering next generation technologies
- Departing chief sees bright digital science future at DSTG
- Departure of Chief Defence Scientist
- Disease forecasting system takes out National Innovation Awards
- Disease forecasting tool invaluable in COVID fight
- Doing more, together in aerial autonomy
- Eliminating the scourge of chemical weapons
- Energy-efficient and steerable antenna system wins Eureka Prize
- Enlisting cutting-edge skills to investigate an aircraft weld failure
- Essential answers to complex questions
- Essington Lewis Award for DST's radar absorbing technology
- Ethical AI for Defence: World experts gather in Canberra
- Expanding and exploiting our understanding of the ocean
- Experts explore the future of quantum computing in Defence
- Experts gather at emerging technologies symposium in Melbourne
- Explosive material processing team wins Comcare safety award
- Far-sighted computer vision research
- Fast tracking DST innovation
- Filter tool speeding up Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft maintenance
- Fire Across the Desert - Woomera's history book digital re-release
- First Defence Cooperative Research Centre formed
- First Defence Cooperative Research Centre launched
- First glimpse inside WW1 submarine wreck in Turkey
- Five-year strategic plan for Defence science
- Flexible Skeleton takes the weight off
- Flow visualisation improving future submarine research
- Follow the latest on Australian defence science with the DSTO app
- Forensic engineers ensure safe MRH90 operations
- Former astronaut to address space symposium
- From synthetic data to the world’s fastest helicopter, inventors pitch innovations to market
- Frontline soldiers benefit from Diggerworks
- Fulbright Distinguished Chair 2015-16: call for applications
- Funding boost for CBRN sensor research
- Funding for cyber technology research
- Future Land Force Conference 2016: Early bird registration closes 1 August
- Future Land Force Conference: registrations now open
- Future is bright for this laser research
- Gaming in Defence
- Gathering in Hawaii to strengthen Defence S&T collaboration
- Gender equity in Defence
- Generations of Inspiration on International Women’s Day
- Getting good results is only half the journey
- Global Hawk’s Australian touchdown – 20 years on, the impact is clear
- Global collaborations advancing miniaturised chemical simulant detection capsules
- Government invests in defence industry
- Government to consult on strengthening Australia’s defence export controls
- Great strides in gait recognition for personal identification
- Growing the network of human performance specialists
- Guiding Navy replenishment at sea
- Hawkei Army vehicle wins DST Eureka Prize
- Head protection at the heart of scientist’s research
- Healthy green shoots rising from our STEM outreach programs
- Helping pilots know up from down
- Helping the best-laid plans stay on track
- High Honour for DST Program Leader
- High achievers in Defence science recognised
- High-tech, low-light detector shows promise
- Home of the Black Box celebrates 80 years
- Honing the Hornet’s sting with science
- How Australia's harsh climate helps keep military equipment in shape
- How an algorithm protects us
- How defence scientists gave a voice to the ‘silent Anzac’
- How robots are helping scientists build the big picture across a team
- How the Falklands War gave rise to Australia’s prize defence export – after years of struggling with reluctance
- Humans, the weakest link in information security chain
- Hypersonic flight success
- ICT award for DSTO’s digital video guard
- Improved vision for facial recognition
- Improving helicopter operations
- Improving soldier cognitive performance through nutrition
- Improving target tracking
- Improving the effectiveness of missile performance
- Improving the fidelity of our virtual worlds
- Improving visual performance for the warfighter
- In the jump seat for a career in operations research
- Indigenous Youth Science Forum visits DSTO Stirling
- Industry Collaboration to strengthen Australia's Air Defence System
- Infinite Studio lifts off
- Innovation Award for conquering corrosion in Defence aircraft
- Innovation Pitchfest showcases Defence technologies
- Innovative Australian technologies to be tested on US Helicopter
- Innovative Defence imaging technology licensed to industry
- Innovative computing device wins Eureka Prize
- Innovative contributions lead to VCDF Capability Awards
- Innovative laser technology
- Inspiring a love of science in the next generation
- Integrating an air vehicle capability in the maritime environment
- International Day of Women and Girls In Science
- International defence trial earns project management award
- International recognition for DSTO scientist
- International scholarship for passive radar scientist
- Introducing SCINDICATE 2018
- Investment in Defence innovation paying off
- Israeli defence research delegation visits Australia
- JORN scientists recognised
- JSF model commissioned to study electromagnetic effects
- Jettisoning Navy’s maritime hitchhikers
- Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN)
- Join the future of cyber
- Joint Strike Fighter model to study electromagnetic effects
- Joint research program upgrades Super Hornet
- Joint study will improve environmental management for marine animals
- July 2019 Partnership Matters
- Keeping Defence fuel in tip-top shape
- LHD Landing Craft enhancement program wins Essington Lewis award
- Launch of Science and Technology Capability Portfolio
- Leaving pathogens no place to hide
- Lecture Series: Exploring Innovation in Australian Maritime Defence Science and Engineering
- Leveraging external engagement to fight cyber attacks
- Light used to protect ships and the marine environment
- Liquid lenses for better satellite monitoring
- Lockheed Martin Australia Wins Contract to Fight Improvised Threats
- Locking horns with hackers during NATO Exercise Locked Shields
- Mathematics helps composites go beyond
- Maths extending the lives of our Hornets
- Measuring resilience and what it can tell us about PTSD
- Mind games: training for peak cognitive performance
- Minehunting robots get smart
- Minister Snowdon updated on DSTO research
- Minister announces international Defence science challenge in Adelaide
- Minister recognises scientific excellence
- Minister's Award Winners: 1988-1998
- Minister's Award for world-leading data surveillance algorithm
- Minister’s Science award for command and control specialist
- Mitigating brain injury from under vehicle blasts
- Modelling complex warfighting scholarships
- Mollusc glue and magnetic nanoparticles – joint research challenge delivers promising innovations
- National Science Award For Defence Armour Expert
- National Science Award for Electronic Warfare Expert
- National Science Award for Expert in Aircraft Corrosion
- National security science and technology (S&T) discussion paper open for consultation
- New Chief Defence Scientist announced
- New Radar Absorbing Material Manufactured Locally
- New STEM graduates at DST
- New blue pigment for cool Navy coatings
- New bonding technology in the running for Eureka prize
- New coating cuts barnacle build-up to keep ships at sea longer
- New era in Defence satellite communications research
- New generation fibre laser technology for aircraft protection
- New maths regime releases our fighter jet from testing shackles
- New physical standards open paths for women in Defence
- New program to strengthen Defence research
- New research agreement to boost Next Generation Defence Technologies
- New research centre set to boost Australia’s maritime industries
- New research to protect defence aircraft
- New science and technology policy for national security
- New strategic alliance on defence technologies
- New system has a grip on improvised explosives
- New system to improve underwater acoustic research
- New workforce model builds sovereign capability in electronic warfare
- Nominate you work for the Eureka Prize 2016
- Novel approach to keep hulls free from fouling
- Novel hybrid machine-learning approach
- Novel solution increases our ventilator stockpile
- Now Hiring! Australia’s brightest Science and Technology early career researchers
- ON Prime5 is now open!
- ON Prime:Defence opens doors for researchers
- Official launch of gender equality pilot program
- One giant step for resilient tactical satellite communications
- Opportunity to participate in audit for the Medical Countermeasures Initiative
- Orchestrating threats and countermeasures for the theatre of war
- Our military might – powered by science
- Our unique radar receiver swallows the entire spectrum
- Out of the classroom, into real world cyber
- Partnering with the US to test a world without GPS
- Partnership to develop stealthy capability
- Partnership to research high speed flight
- Partnerships Week 2017
- Pearcey Medal awarded to Chief Defence Scientist
- Peter Chick wins Comcare Work Health and Safety Award
- Powering the future of submarine fleets
- Practice run for RAAF operators
- Predicting and diagnosing mental health disorders
- Predicting cracks in our ADF platforms
- Prestigious engineering award for Chief Defence Scientist
- Principal Scientist supporting best Defence outcomes
- Progress with urban autonomous vehicle flight
- Promising partnerships to enhance autonomous capabilities
- Promising progress towards hypersonic flight
- Protecting children by enhancing facial recognition
- Protecting our soldiers across the spectrum
- Protecting vehicles with water
- Pushing boundaries in vehicle blast protection
- Pushing the boundaries for battlefield forensics
- Putting our best feet forward
- QinetiQ Australia and DST Group form new Strategic Alliance
- Queen's birthday honour for laser scientist
- Queen’s Birthday honours for DST
- Quick-dry paint to improve Defence platforms
- Radar expert wins Science Achievement Award
- Raising the bar on ration pack snacks
- Ramping up individual and team performance
- Recruit hard, manage easy: A holistic approach to ensure DST hires the right people
- Redevelopment of Fishermans Bend research facility
- Redwing delivers life-saving capability to Afghanistan
- Redwing program continues to deliver life-saving technology to Afghanistan
- Redwing wins Innovation Award
- Register now for ICSILP
- Repurposing venerable models for land vehicle research
- Research Opportunity: The Fight Recorder
- Research fellow demonstrates next generation trainable radios
- Research funding to address intelligence and national security threats
- Research partnership to advance 3-D printing of energetic materials
- Revolutionary sensor brings faint objects into focus
- Revolutionising future mine countermeasure technology
- Royal Australian Navy trial Bathymetric Lidar Sensor during Exercise Sea Raider
- SCINDICATE 2019: Partnering for Impact
- SHARC satellite heads into space
- STOP PRESS! NAME CHANGE
- Satellite research partnership at the forefront of Australian space research
- Saving lives with STEM
- Scholarships grow Defence's talent pool
- Science awards recognise Defence physicist
- Science redefining military physical employment standards
- Scientists also serve on the frontline
- Scientists attend sea trials to better understand maritime disasters
- Scientists experience Parliament's inner workings
- Scientists provide airborne support to bushfire response
- Scientists tooling up on aircraft repairs
- Scramjet team set for SCRAMSPACE trial
- Seakeeping science makes an impact for Navy
- Secure computing device enhances productivity
- Secure military communications system wins Eureka Prize
- Seeing through smoke
- Seeking contributions to national assessment of Australia’s medical and biotech capabilities
- Seeking flight clearance for 3D-printed aerospace components
- Senior appointments at DST
- Seven new technologies to get Defence funding
- Shaping Defence Science in the Land Domain 2016-2036
- Sharing a love of STEM
- Shedding new light in many directions
- Shining a light on our maritime science at PACIFIC 2019.
- Small business has big future thanks to Defence innovation funding
- Small business helps build naval capability
- Smart communication for satellite clusters
- So, where are all the robots?
- Socio-Technical Futures Analysis - EOI Opportunity
- Sonar and acoustics expert wins science award
- South Australia's defence supercomputing centre underway
- South Australian start-up commercialises DST radar technology
- Spotting signatures in a virtual landscape
- Stealth technology expert wins Minister's Science Award
- Strategic alliance to boost defence science
- Strategic partner to fast-track space technologies
- Streamlining the vaccine rollout
- Strengthening Australia's high frequency radar capability
- Student program success for Aircraft Forensics Engineering
- Students check out cool technologies at DST Melbourne
- Students get a taste of a purposeful career in Defence
- Students present innovative ideas in Trusted Autonomy
- Study on Australia’s requirement for submarines released
- Super-efficient field trial deployment
- Superfast 3D tracking of objects helps save lives
- Supporting STEM undergraduates - everyone’s a winner
- Swarm of students energised and ready to fly
- System testing in DST’s environmental test chamber for future proofing
- Technological edge for Defence in DefendTex partnership
- Technology commercialisation award for Defence scientist
- Testing the effectiveness of camouflage
- The Australian Defence Research Special Report
- The Barra Sonobuoy: the Australian invention that makes it harder for subs to hide
- The Internet of Things: here, there and everywhere
- The answers are still blowing in the wind
- The black box that changed our lives
- The future of Defence command and control is agile
- The future of unmanned operations demonstrated at Autonomous Warrior 2018
- The human science behind our Navy ship design
- The next generation soldier – towards 2035
- The science behind smooth landings on the high seas
- The stars aligned for this DSTG scientist
- The story behind JORN - Australia's most underappreciated Defence asset?
- Through the lens: the contribution of Defence scientists to the history of optical glass in Australia
- Tool to predict acoustic signatures of Navy vessels
- Toughening up batteries from the inside out
- Towards a fully enabled future soldier
- Transformative Energetic Materials on the Horizon
- Turning up the heat! Putting protective equipment to the test
- US delegation discusses national security research with Australia
- Ultra-high-speed 3D imaging delves deeper into carbon fibre damage
- Understanding explosions on board maritime platforms
- Understanding our reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Underwater Collision Research Facility opens in Launceston
- University initiative to boost defence capability
- University students to tackle real-world defence and national security challenges
- Updated National Security Science and Technology Priorities
- Upping the IQ of Army communications
- Vacation projects lead Nicole towards cyber
- Vale David Warren AO: 1925 - 2010
- Valuable lessons learnt in latest hypersonic flight trial
- Vehicle armour research wins DSTO Eureka Prize
- Virtual training study goes live
- Vitrimer composites - game-changing super materials?
- WA to host international space technologies symposium
- Wargames assisting the ADF plan for the future
- Water filtration analysis to help ease ADF resupply challenges
- Weapons that think and collaborate to defeat enemies
- Whales Sounds Award for Cato
- When female leaders are the norm, not the exception
- Where next for autonomy research?
- Women in STEM support hits record high
- Women in science
- Women inspired to pursue Defence careers
- World class hypersonics precinct to supercharge Australian defence research
- World-leading experiments have direct application for Defence
- Young Australian scientist cracks international award
- Young DSTO researcher wins aviation safety award
- Zenka Mathys receives PSM in Queen’s Birthday honours
- Defence scientists from five nations converge on Adelaide
- Defence remembers leading scientist, 30 years on
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