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A Joint Precision Aerial Delivery System (JPADS) equipped with a 500-pound parachute descends on a drop zone at RAAF Base Curtin, Western Australia. Photo: Corporal Christopher Wager
Air Force Exercises

Dropping in the right direction

Precision-guided airdrop will soon deliver a quicker and more accurate means of sustaining troops over long distances.
Combat systems operators Able Seaman Michael Curry and Leading Seaman Michael Cameron in the operations room on board HMAS Toowoomba. Photo: Leading Seaman Tara Byrne
Defence STEM

Speeding up Defence computers

Defence is aiming to make one of the fastest supercomputers in the world.
Dr Joe Fabrizio, a senior electrical engineer with the Defence Science and Technology Group, with the experimental phased array radar being developed at RAAF Base Edinburgh. Photo: Corporal Brenton Kwaterski
Defence STEM

Capability on his radar

Bouncing radio waves thousands of kilometres across the sky is a normal day for Giuseppe (Joe) Fabrizio, a Defence scientist based in Adelaide.
Cubic Defence Australia employee Celine Wood assists 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment members in calibrating their weapons on HMAS Adelaide during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019.
Army Talisman Sabre

Tech gives soldiers real-time battle analysis

Real-time battle analysis was delivered by the military’s civilian partners during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
No. 79 Squadron trainee, Flying Officer Iain Roberts-Thomson, operates the Hawk Simulator on a training evolution over a simulated Perth, WA, at RAAF Base Pearce.
Air Force

Simulator represents dawn of a new age

As part of Jericho Dawn Program, the installation of eye and head tracking sensor technologies was successfully demonstrated.
Squadron Leader Steven Rae with Andy and Zoe Cullen, the owners of Wananchi Mobile Water Purification, at the HMAS Canberra Defence Industry Expo in Singapore during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019. Photo: Corporal Kylie Gibson
Defence Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019

Australian Defence industry on display

For the first time, Australia’s defence industry has been incorporated into IPE port visits.
Lead researcher Professor Adrian Mouritz worked on the development of a material composite system that could see ships, armoured vehicles or aircraft able to self-repair damage.
Navy STEM

New-age tech brings the healing touch

A ‘breakthrough’ technology developed by RMIT and CSIRO for Defence sounds like something from a science fiction story.
Australian Air Force Cadet Jackson Kosmer experiences an Air Force virtual reality headset in the Project Jericho Astro-STEM Zone during the 2019 Australian International Airshow.
Air Force Australian International Airshow

Vision of the future

The evolving fifth-generation capabilities of Air Force were on full display at the Australian International Airshow.
A member of the Army Drone Racing Team competes in a drone time trial competition held at the 2019 Australian International Airshow at Avalon airport, Victoria.
Air Force Australian International Airshow

Buzz in the air at drone racing

The 2019 Australian International Airshow hosted a world-first with a drone racing arena, attracting a variety of competitors.

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