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Industry, researcher views sought to build national health security picture

The National Health Security Resilience Assessment 2020 (“NHSRA 2020”) is now live. Participation from the broadest range of respondents – encompassing government agencies, industrial and research organisations – is critical to developing a comprehensive picture of Australia’s sovereign preparedness posture. (more…)

Risk and reward in industrial innovation

Writing for the Australian Financial Review, DMTC CEO Dr Mark Hodge discussed the importance of getting the macro, national policy settings right as an enabler of successful innovation and technology development activities in Australia’s defence and national security sectors.

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Supporting SME opportunities in defence sector

DMTC was delighted to host a delegation of Australian companies at the National Manufacturing Week event in Melbourne. The event provided an opportunity for SMEs that have completed the first phase of DMTC’s Industry Capability Development program to network with each other, with defence primes and with leaders from Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) in Defence.

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Welding workshop activity underway in Rockhampton

The DMTC Welding Capability for Defence Platforms Workshop was conducted on 25 September in Rockhampton.

Attendees at the DMTC workshop were particularly interested in the scale of potential opportunities to bring their significant experience and welding skills from the resources sector to bear in Defence projects.

Supported by Defence Industries Queensland, this first workshop covered a number of topics including the latest technology in automated welding and welding applications in Defence platforms.

Attendees at the workshop included key regional SMEs including Berg Engineering, Adnought, Monadel, Craig Harney and Moloney & Sons Engineering.

The activity is one of the workshops made possible by the Queensland Government’s commitment of funding for DMTC’s Industry Capability Development Program.