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Gaming in Defence

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Defence scientists, Mr Alex Rohl (right) and Dr Susannah Whitney (second from the left), featured on a panel at PAX Aus 2022

Defence uses game techniques, technologies, and innovation to help deliver training and capability across the Defence ecosystem.

Defence unveils supercomputing capability

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Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles unveils new supercomputing capability

Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP, has formally launched an advanced supercomputing capability at the Defence Science and Technology Group site at the Edinburgh Defence Precinct in Edinburgh, South Australia.

Through the lens: the contribution of Defence scientists to the history of optical glass in Australia

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c.1941 Testing a prismatic compass, courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.

Discover the significant contribution Defence scientists have made to the history of glass in Australia. 

How the Falklands War gave rise to Australia’s prize defence export – after years of struggling with reluctance

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Some of the world's largest warships are protected from missile attack by Nulka, an Australian-designed rocket that pretends to be a ship.

How defence scientists gave a voice to the ‘silent Anzac’

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Petty Officer Henry Kindler recalls the sad ending to Australia's first attempt to establish a submarine service.

Defence Science – 115 years underwriting Australia’s security

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When Australia's first defence scientist, Cecil Hake, set out to create a national factory to manufacture the gunpowder replacement cordite on 15 April 1907, he could not have known that he was laying the foundations for one of the world's great research institutions.

Minister’s Science award for command and control specialist

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Defence operations analyst Dr Alexander Kalloniatis is the 2021 recipient of the Defence Minster's Award for Achievement in Science and Technology.

Future is bright for this laser research

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Miftar Ganija, wearing goggles investigates short pulsed laser systems in the lab.
Miftar Ganija investigates short pulsed laser systems in the lab.

Physicists Dr Miftar Ganija and Dr Keiron Boyd are leading an exciting laser research program for Defence.

Aerodynamics collaboration expands tunnel vision

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Captain Paul Gulotta performing PIV image calibration.
Captain Paul Gulotta performing PIV image calibration.

An international engineering placement with Defence has culminated in the achievement of an Australian first.

Streamlining the vaccine rollout

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ADF members working with Department of Health staff at the Vaccine Operations Centre
ADF members working with Department of Health staff at the Vaccine Operations Centre

Defence analysts leveraged their operations analysis expertise to help the Vaccine Operations Centre run more efficiently.

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