BAE Systems Australia’s commitment to significant investment in capability and technology as part of the Hunter Class future frigate program has been reaffirmed by Chief Technology Officer Brad Yelland, speaking at DMTC’s 2019 Annual Conference.
Posted by Harry Baxter on March 26th, 2019
DMTC’s commitment to leading-edge, industrially-relevant research has been reinforced with PhD candidate Jimmy Toton (RMIT University, Sutton Tools) taking out the Young Defence Innovator prize at the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition at Avalon. (more…)
Posted by Harry Baxter on February 27th, 2019 Tagged: benchmarking, collaboration, students, universityThe national significance of DMTC’s Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Program, bringing industry and research partners together to work on national health security challenges, has been highlighted in the latest in the series of Defence Science & Technology Outlook publications. (more…)
Posted by Harry Baxter on January 14th, 2019 Tagged: collaboration, Countermeasures, CSIRO, defence technology, DST, researchFederal Member for Ryan, the Hon Jane Prentice MP, used a speech in Federal Parliament earlier this year to publicly acknowledge the career of one of the founding fathers of DMTC, Emeritus Professor David St.John from the University of Queensland.
You can watch Mrs Prentice’s speech here.
The recognition in Federal Parliament followed David’s acceptance, earlier this year, of one of three inaugural DMTC Fellowships for significant meritorious contributions to the company.
In March 2019 a symposium named in Professor St John’s honour will be held at the international TMS 2019 conference in Texas. TMS brings together more than 4,000 engineers, scientists, business leaders and other professionals in the minerals, metals and materials disciplines.
Posted by Harry Baxter on December 18th, 2018 Tagged: collaboration, defence technology, DMTC, research