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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.
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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).
News
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.
News
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.

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