Six projects have received a total of nearly $900,000 in funding for the seventh round of the Adelaide-based Defence Innovation Partnership’s Collaborative Research Fund (CRF). Defence SA’s Acting Chief Executive Reg Carruthers said the calibre of applications is continuing to…
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…
Adelaide-based defence SME Acacia Systems will lead a $1.6 million project designed to increase the accuracy and range of undersea surveillance systems. The project – Enhancing the RAN’s Undersea Surveillance Minimum Viable Capability – aims to improve operational performance by increasing the…
The Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) has tested successfully two undersea communications and ISR technologies at this year’s EX Autonomous Warrior, held in Jervis Bay in the fortnight before the Indo Pacific 2023 maritime expo in Sydney. Rock Lobster…
Lockheed Martin Australia has completed a Field Capability Demonstration (FCD) of its ‘Agile Shield’ battle management system at the Puckapunyal Military Area in Victoria. ‘Agile Shield’ was developed by Lockheed Martin Australia’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Leadership and Research Laboratory (STELaRLab) in a Next…
During EX Indo-Pacific Endeavour the Royal Australian Navy, Defence Science Technology Group and Republic of Singapore Navy met to discuss the development and evolution of autonomous maritime systems. The discussions in Singapore centred around a shared interest in Robotics, Autonomous…
The Adelaide-based Defence Innovation Partnership (DIP), in collaboration with Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG), has launched a new $1.6 million Activator Fund. The Activator Fund, which calls for dollar-matched co-contributions from grant winners, will build on South Australia’s R&D strengths…
The Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) has confirmed its successful NAVGATE program, which was trialled successfully in 2022, will become an ongoing Defence civilian recruitment program. Applications for the 2023 NAVIGATE program close on 25 June 2023. NAVIGATE is…
Australia’s 2023-24 Defence Budget was handed down on 9 May 2023, less than a month after the release of the unclassified Defence Strategic Review (DSR). It follows much the same trajectory as the budgets handed down last year: the budget…
Applications are now open for DSTG’s innovative NAVIGATE program which aims to strengthen DSTG’s mid-career workforce and broaden the organisation’s diversity. The NAVIGATE program was launched In 2022 as a pilot for a bold action initiative designed to bolster Defence’s…