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Defence Science and Technology Group's MIST sensor, used for chemical detection on the battlefield. Story by Emma Thompson.

Defence capability put to new use

16/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1035 Views 0 Comments CBRN, DSTG

A thumb-sized device made by Defence for chemical detection has found a new purpose. CAPTION: Defence Science and Technology Group’s MIST

A 3D-printed training aid, created at the MakerSpace at Latchford Barracks, helps instructors teach how to perform a cricothyrotomy – which involves cutting through the cricothyroid membrane and inserting a valve to make an alternate airway in the neck. Story and photo by Warrant Officer Class 2 Max Bree.

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3D printers breathe life into medical training

16/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1358 Views 0 Comments 3d Printer, ADF School of Health, CBRN, MakerSpace

When damaged or blocked airways stop a patient breathing, medics can cut through the cricothyroid membrane and insert a valve

Personnel at the Army Logistics Training Centre use the MakerSpace workshop on Latchford Barracks. Story and photos by Warrant Officer Class 2 Max Bree.

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Intuitive 3D printers improve cognitive learning

16/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1329 Views 0 Comments 3d Printer, MakerSpace, RAEME

Creating a T-800 Terminator skull with glowing red eyes to hold your beret might not seem like the most ‘military’

Major Lisa Rigby (right) and Ms Donna MacKenzie inspect mosquitos at the ADF Malaria and Infectious Disease Institute at Gallipoli Barracks in Enoggera, Brisbane. Story by Flight Lieutenant Marina Power. Photos by Lance Corporal Luke Donegan.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Science & Technology

Putting the sting on mozzies

13/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1417 Views 0 Comments Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG), environmental health officers (EHO), Gallipoli Barracks

Not all superheroes wear capes – some wear safety glasses, white coats and carry insect repellent. CAPTION: Major Lisa Rigby

Australia's XT-8 drone launches for a mission. Story. by Natalie Staples.

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Enhancing AI to support the warfighter

13/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1631 Views 0 Comments Artificial Intelligence (AI), AUKUS, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), resilient and autonomous artificial intelligence technology (RAAIT)

Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have furthered their co-development of resilient and autonomous artificial intelligence technology (RAAIT)

Australian Army Warrant Officer Class Two Brett Holloway at the Defence Space and Cyber College at HMAS Harman. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.

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Never too old for cyber

05/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1568 Views 0 Comments cyber warfare, Defence Space and Cyber College, HMAS Harman

When Warrant Officer Class Two Brett Holloway joined the Army in 1981, the valve-operated radios he used as a trainee

Students of the University of New South Wales Master of Explosive Ordnance degree observe an energetic substance demonstration at Majura Training Area, Canberra. Story and photos by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.

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Course goes off with a bang

05/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1345 Views 0 Comments Army School of Ordnance

A higher education into the science of things that go bang is now available in Australia to nominated ADF personnel,

AIM Defence employees operate the AIM Defence counter-UAS directed-energy weapons system during a demonstration at the Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria. Story and photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.

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Defence tests anti-drone laser

18/06/202420/06/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2377 Views 1 Comment counter-UAS directed-energy weapons system, Fractl Portable High Energy Laser, Puckapunyal, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Implementation and Coordination Office (RICO)

At a Puckapunyal range, where tanks and explosions are commonplace, last month a new type of weapon system was put

The first Royal Australian Air Force MQ-4C Triton arrives in its new hangar at RAAF Base Tindal, NT. Photo by Sergeant Andrew Eddie.

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Arrival of RAAF’s first MQ-4C Triton

14/06/202418/06/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2478 Views 0 Comments Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG), MQ-4C Trition, RAAF Tindal, Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS)

The first MQ-4C Triton remotely piloted aircraft (AUS 1) will soon arrive in Australia following the successful delivery and installation

Royal Australian Navy Able Seaman Shannae Fiddyment, Petty Officer Eric Duthie, Able Seaman Grace Fox and Able Seaman Henrietta Bradford prepare communication equipment for a Remus 100S autonomous underwater vehicle during Exercise AUKUS at Pittwater, New South Wales. Photo by Able Seaman Lucinda Allanson.

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Royal Australian Navy investing heavily in AI

22/05/202422/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1440 Views 0 Comments

Artificial intelligence (AI) predicting and countering undersea threats, and AI-enabled drones conducting surface and sub-surface missions, are happening now through

Scientists from La Trobe University calibrate motion-capture cameras during a marksmanship training trial at Enoggera Barracks, Brisbane. Story and photos by Corporal Michael Rogers.

Australian Army News Science & Technology

Weapons ‘Fitbit’ gets a run to improve accuracy

10/05/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1383 Views 0 Comments 13th Brigade, 7th Brigade, DSTG, EF88 Austyer rifle, Enoggera Barracks, MantisX training System

A trial is under way to test if dry-firing with a ‘Fitbit for shooting’ can improve soldiers’ live-fire skills. CAPTION: Scientists

Leading Seaman Nicholas Parks said the 3D printer was a welcome addition to HMAS Warramunga. Photo by Petty Officer Leo Baumgartner.

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3D printers the key to solutions at sea

10/05/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1171 Views 0 Comments 3d Printer, HMAS Warramunga

Together, a 3D printer and an innovative technician have kept even the most troublesome inconveniences at bay for HMAS Warramunga.

Chief Defence Scientist Tanya Monro, left, Minister-Counsellor Defence Science and Technology – Washington Darren Sutton, and US Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu at the POST Conference in Hawaii. Story by Emma Thompson.

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Collaborating on the future of Defence

10/05/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1369 Views 0 Comments Defence Science and Technology Group

Chief Defence Scientist Tanya Monro has led a delegation to the Pacific Operational Science and Technology (POST) Conference in Hawaii,

A scientist from La Trobe University checks the readout from a MantisX system attached to a shooter's weapon. Photo by Corporal Michael Rogers.

Australian Army News Science & Technology

‘Fitbit for weapons’ under trial at Enoggera

07/05/202407/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1730 Views 0 Comments

A trial is underway to test if dry firing with a ‘Fitbit for shooting’ can improve soldiers’ live-fire skills. CAPTION:

Ghost Shark ‘Alpha’ – the first prototype co-developed by Defence Science and Technology Group, the Royal Australian Navy and Anduril Australia unveiled at Garden Island, Sydney. Photo by Rodney Braithwaite.

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Ghost Shark ‘Alpha’ unveiled in Sydney

19/04/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3060 Views 3 Comments Ghost Shark

The Albanese Government [not the company who made it, apparently] will deliver a sovereign, autonomous undersea capability, through the Ghost

US Missile Defence Agency member Steven Foster shows Royal Australian Navy Petty Officer Thomas Dann how to control detection equipment in the Hanger of HMAS Stuart during a missile-detection test off Hawaii. Photo by Leading Seaman Rikki-Lea Phillips.

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HMAS Stuart helps on US missile-detection test

30/03/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6041 Views 1 Comment Aegis

Australia supported the United States as it undertook a successful missile-defence test off the coast of Hawaii recently. CAPTION: US

Signallers Harley Leggett and Lachlan Colquhoun set up a communications tower during Project Convergence Capstone 4 at Camp Pendleton, California. Story by Lieutenant Colonel Carrie Robards. Photo by US Army Specialist Marquis McCants.

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Diggers experiment to innovate in US

22/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1935 Views 0 Comments Project Convergence Capstone Four (PC-C4), US Army

It’s not often soldiers feel it’s okay to fail at work – and they’re certainly not encouraged to. CAPTION: Signallers Harley

Head of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator Professor Emily Hilder addresses the Quantum Australia 2024 Conference in Sydney. Story by Natalie Staples.

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Making the tiniest things count in war

15/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1692 Views 0 Comments Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), AUKUS, Defence Strategic Review, Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT)

Harnessing quantum behaviours to develop advanced technologies could enable Defence to provide the warfighter with an asymmetric advantage. CAPTION: Head of