Curtin has built an exceptional reputation for innovation through cutting-edge research.This success is now being extended to address critical national resilience and security needs.
The future of Australia’s defence depends on our ability to be on the front foot with capability development. Investing in a strong innovation, science and technology (IS&T) sector is critical to deliver on this intent.
The AUKUS partnership has two pillars. The first is about nuclear-powered submarines, but the second is about ‘advanced capabilities’ that the US, the UK and Australia will need to develop in partnership.
Tripartite partnerships between government, industry and universities will not only bolster national security but build the Australian economy of the future.
Encompassing a wide range of advanced defence technologies from hypersonics to quantum, AUKUS Pillar 2 has missed out on the top-level political pageantry and big-ticket announcements.
Defence’s response to the Navy’s surface fleet review, published in February, said the RAN would field six Large Optionally Manned Surface Vessels in the 2030s to carry missile launch systems.
It’s been just nine months since the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator was formed. Few thought it would achieve anything worthwhile. Under its new head, Professor Emily Hilder, ASCA aims to prove the doubters wrong.
Never before has a strong and sovereign innovation, science and technology sector been so important to our national security.
Last year’s Defence Strategic Review stated that Defence must harness advanced and emerging technologies to provide asymmetric advantage for the Australian Defence Force.
Drawing on Australia’s strong reputation in quantum technologies, scientists at DSTG, in partnership with universities and industry, are forging ahead with quantum positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) research.
Defence is working to inspire and encourage children, adolescents and adults from all backgrounds to pursue STEM careers.
Australian defence experts have been developing responsible artificial intelligence defence systems, galvanised by increasing geopolitical friction during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
ADSTAR 2024 will feature the latest developments in next-generation defence science and technology
The Defence-funded Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence CRC (TAS DCRC) in Brisbane has become a global leader in the ethics of autonomy.
The Advanced Strategic Capability Accelerator (ASCA), has embraced courage in every aspect of how it is transforming the way breakthrough military solutions are delivered.
The University of New South Wales has launched its UNSW Nuclear Innovation Centre (UNIC) and will start teaching 50 nuclear-qualified undergraduate engineers this year.
DSTG researchers recently were chosen to support the joint US-Australia SCIFiRE hypersonics program with the US Air Force Research Laboratory.
Defence personnel are the ‘best in the business’ says Veterans Affairs Minister Matt Keough, who believes a government suicide royal commission gives the false impression that all veterans are ‘broken’. He says the truth is the very opposite.
For years the RAN and ASC have been insisting that the forthcoming Life of Type Extension (LOTE) of Collins-class submarines will be routine – but now they are not so sure.
The skills required to deliver on the capabilities laid down in the DSR are broad. So, if Defence is to expand its skills base with any urgency, its industry partners need to understand how they can help.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/special-reports/defence/page/7
