Defence has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to tap into British expertise and research in artificial intelligence (AI) and data science. The agreement was signed between Defence, the University of South Australia, and the Alan Turing Institute, based…
Unless you actually read it properly, it’s easy to dismiss Defence’s new Innovation Science and Technology strategy as a DSTG-only thing, and therefore of only marginal relevance to the ‘real world’. Read the Strategy carefully – it’s a genuine whole-of-Defence…
The Australian Department of Defence has unveiled its first Ghost Shark Extra Large Autonomous Underwater Vessel (XL-AUV), ahead of schedule and on budget. Ghost Shark will provide the Royal Australian Navy with a stealthy, long-range autonomous undersea warfare capability that can…
Australia and Japan have signed an agreement to enhance strategic capabilities in robotic and autonomous systems for undersea warfare. The research project between Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and Japan’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) is the first…
“it’s now really clear that we need the asymmetry that Science and Technology provides because of the worsening geopolitical circumstances, and we need to find ways to accelerate taking those good ideas that come from R&D and pulling them through…
Australia is at the start of a new paradigm in research translation, with a “structural change” needed in how academic success is measured, according to the nation’s Chief Scientist and Chief Defence Scientist. Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley and Chief Defence…
South Australian companies Consilium Technology and elmTEK have joined forces to form a new group focussing on AI and sensor technologies, servicing the defence, agriculture and mining sectors. The new group, which will announce its new name and brand soon,…