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AI experts called on to give Defence decision-making edge

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Up to $20,000 is available to budding AI specialists to apply themselves to an AI challenge.

Defence designs face shield in record time

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Jim Grose (left), Managing Director of Axiom, and Ben Barona, from DST, examining the injection moulding die being used to produce face shield headbands.
Jim Grose (left), Managing Director of Axiom, and Ben Barona, from DST, examining the injection moulding die being used to produce face shield headbands.

Defence has applied its unique engineering expertise to rapidly design and support the production of face shields to protect healthcare workers.

Defence launches SATCOM research collaboration

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Taipan satellite terminal (Credit: EM Solutions)

Defence scientists are working with colleagues from industry and academia on a high-risk, high-payoff satellite communications (SATCOM) research venture.

Turning up the heat! Putting protective equipment to the test

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Time-lapse footage of the simulated flare event.
Time-lapse footage of the simulated flare event.

Imagine a high-powered, long-burning firecracker igniting in your face. That's the risk faced by ground support personnel when called to attend to an aircraft with an unspent flare.

Measuring resilience and what it can tell us about PTSD

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In this innovative project, scientists are looking at what habituation to startling stressors can tell us about resilience.

Protecting our soldiers across the spectrum

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DST scientists Jay Yu (foreground) and Bin Lee using a benchtop hyperspectral imaging camera to conduct material reflectance property measurements.
DST scientists Jay Yu (foreground) and Bin Lee using a benchtop hyperspectral imaging camera to conduct material reflectance property measurements.

Defence scientists are building up a database of hyperspectral imaging data to support the development of next-generation camouflage that will help Australian soldiers avoid detection.

Defence receives Athena SWAN Institutional Bronze award

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Chief Defence Scientist, Tanya Monro receiving the Athena SWAN Institutional Bronze award.

Defence has been recognised for its commitment to gender equity, receiving the Athena SWAN Institutional Bronze award.

Aspiring Defence scientists gather in Adelaide

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Close to ninety aspiring Defence scientists have gathered in Adelaide for DST's annual student conference, DSTEM.

Defence affirms commitment to gender equity

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L-R Bronwyn Evans; James Johnson; Adi Paterson; Tanya Monro; Brian Schmidt; Elizabeth Broderick
Chief Defence Scientist Tanya Monro, participates in a panel discussion at the Catalysing Gender Equity conference. L-R Bronwyn Evans; James Johnson; Adi Paterson; Tanya Monro; Brian Schmidt; Elizabeth Broderick

Defence has reaffirmed its commitment to gender equity, partnering with the Australian Academy of Science to support the inaugural 'Catalysing Gender Equity' conference.

Scientists provide airborne support to bushfire response

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Defence Experimentation Airborne Platform (DEAP)
The Defence Experimentation Airborne Platform (DEAP) took off from RAAF Base Edinburgh on Monday 3 February, bound for RAAF Base East Sale.

Defence scientists are contributing to the ADF's response to the bushfire crisis using a research aircraft to assist in monitoring fire activity and conduct damage assessments.

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