Military Engineering ISR data collection
Request For Information – February-March, 2025
Through DMTC, Defence is seeking responses from interested parties to better understand current Australian capabilities, and to identify potential partners from industrial and academic organisations to collaborate with, in the development and enhancement of Defence relevant capabilities in Military Engineering Information, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR).
The specific area of interest for this RFI is autonomous reconnaissance of gaps to assess their suitability for wet/dry temporary military bridging. In addition, we are also seeking information on capabilities related to AI-assisted compilation of gap reconnaissance/bridge design proformas via an online tool (to be hosted within the Defence Protected Environment).
The program aims to identify existing and/or emerging technologies that would enable the aforementioned items to be developed to the point of delivery into service.
Responses should be emailed to engineer.isr@dmtc.com.au by no later than 31 March 2025. Earlier responses are welcomed.
Further Context
Military Engineers rely on ISR data to reduce uncertainty and risk when planning and conducting a variety of operations including mobility, counter-mobility, and survivability tasks. This requires information across a spectrum that can impact operations including terrain, equipment and resource availability, contractor/personnel availability, allied support, weather and the presence of environmental threats. Technology supporting the acquisition and collation of this information is rapidly evolving, and Defence seeks to understand current and emerging capabilities and trends.
In collaboration with Defence stakeholders, DMTC is reviewing a range of emerging technologies, global COTS/MOTS capabilities, coordinating limited T&E on select technologies and coordinating fixed scope capability development.
Our Geospatial and ISR team works extensively with Defence and national security stakeholders to harvest the best of emerging science and technology (S&T), and advance its development, to achieve asymmetric sovereign capabilities that can be deployed by Australian personnel. We work on the full range of technologies in Geospatial and ISR, from sensor hardware to data fusion across all operational domains.