Defence Science and Technology Group - Australia@DefenceScience

DSTG works at the forefront of Defence science, technology and innovation development to defend Australia and its national interests.

 Australia
Based in Australia
dst.defence.gov.au/
Joined March 2010
Chief Defence Scientist Prof Tanya Monro AC joined Australia’s leading scientists at the Science Academy Shine Dome in Canberra. Proudly sponsored by Defence, the event celebrates excellence in Australian science and welcomes the Academy’s 2026 Fellows. #ShineDome2026.
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Australia relies on shipping for 99% of its international trade. A new port resilience simulator is helping operators train for cyberattacks and extreme weather, building stronger preparedness, decision-making and national resilience. Learn more 👉 spr.ly/6015BGjwvc
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Want to launch your STEM career and help shape Australia's future submarine capability? Applications are now open for the Propel: Australian Submarine Scholarship Program, offering two-year scholarships for undergraduate students. Apply by 2 Oct 2026: spr.ly/6017BGpHoz
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🏆 🎉 Congrats to DSTG’s Dr Phyo San on winning the AI in Defence & Intelligence category at the 2026 Women in AI APAC Awards. Her achievement recognises leadership and excellence in applying AI to strengthen Defence capability and support Australia’s national security.
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🦮🎓 Congratulations to Dusty; new graduate of the See Differently Guide Dog program! Named in honour of late ADF member Paul "Dusty" Miller, Dusty is best buds with DSTG scientist Yufeng (Tony) Zhang. #DSTG #GuideDog #SeeDifferently #Accessibility
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That’s a wrap on #NationalScienceWeek 2026! 🧪🚀🔬 From inspiring conversations to highlighting cutting-edge work, it was a great opportunity to celebrate how science and innovation are shaping Australia’s future capability. #STEM #DefenceScience
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The Australian Energetic Materials Research Network is officially open! ✨👏 Announced at #ADSTAR2026, EMRNet brings together Defence, universities and industry to strengthen Australia's sovereign energetic materials research, workforce and innovation capability. #DSTG #GWEO
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Defence, @UNSWCanberra and @LockheedMartin are using pressure-sensitive paint to shed light on the complexity of high-speed flight. Tested for the first time in DSTG’s wind tunnel, the method reveals how air flows around an object near the speed of sound. #NationalScienceWeek
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🏆Congratulations Andrew Hart, recipient of the 2026 Minister’s Award for Achievement in Defence Science. His leadership and innovation have helped build Australia’s sovereign rocket propulsion capability, supporting future long-range strike and hypersonic systems #DefenceScience
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Launched today: The 2026 Defence Innovation, Science and Technology Strategy. The strategy provides clear priorities for innovation, science and technology, strengthening collaboration, capability and Australia's national security. #Defence #ScienceAndTechnology #ADSTAR26
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🎉 Congratulations to the Enhancing Australia’s Disaster Response team on their @eurekaprizes nomination for Excellence in Forensic Science. #EurekaPrizes #DSTG #ForensicScience #STEM
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📢 Take advantage of the extended deadline! You now have until 27 July 11:59pm (AEST) to submit your abstract for the Defence Human Sciences Symposium. #DHSS2026 is the go-to event for sharing your ideas on applying human sciences research to enhance #Defence capability.
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⏰ Just 1 week left to submit your abstract to the Defence Human Sciences Symposium 2026. 📄 Abstract submissions close Monday, 20 July 11:59pm (AEST). ➡️ Learn more or submit an abstract – spr.ly/6016BEzYqE #DHSS2026 #HumanSciences #DefenceCapability
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🚀 🇦🇺 Defence-tech future won’t be built by technology alone—it will be built through partnership. At @ceda_news, Chief Defence Scientist Prof Tanya Monro AC emphasised how collaboration, trust and co-creation deliver strategic advantage.
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DSTG’s Buccaneer CubeSat has marked a year in orbit. The team celebrated with cake, and recorded happy birthday to Buccy. Buccy thankfully heard it and downlinked it back. The team excels in spacecraft operations, but their singing still needs refinement.
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Defence scientists and #YourADF are working together to give troops a clearer picture of coastal areas before they head ashore. They tested sensors to find safer and more accurate ways to survey a beach to support @AustralianArmy operations. ➡️ Read more: spr.ly/6013BDxRYU
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Just a few weeks left to submit your abstract to the Defence Human Sciences Symposium 2026. ⏳📄 Abstract submissions close Monday, 20 July 11:59pm (AEST). ➡️ Learn more or submit an abstract – spr.ly/6014BDbb6p #DHSS2026 #HumanSciences #DefenceCapability
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We’re celebrating International Women in Engineering Day #INWED26 by recognising the achievements of female engineers. Hannah uses ultrasonic tech to listen for defects in materials, helping to keep #YourADF platforms safe and mission-ready. ➡️ Read more: spr.ly/6016BDPY94
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Defence Human Sciences Symposium (DHSS) 2026 – Call for Abstracts NOW OPEN! 💡📄 ➡️ For further details on submission requirements please see the DHSS 2026 webpage: dst.defence.gov.au/event/def… #DHSS2026 #DefenceScience #DSTG
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Rapid updates to mission data give #YourADF an edge. Defence scientists have tested a new way of refreshing data during a mission to enhance decision-making. Learn how experimentation is strengthening capability: spr.ly/6017BBfTT7 #DefenceScience #DefenceInnovation 🦖👑
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Innovation in Defence doesn’t happen in silos. It happens when need, research and industry capability intersect. DSTG, Macquarie University & PLEXSYS Australia Pty Ltd show the power of an #IntegratedEcosystem - using AI agents to potentially enhance air battle manager training
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📢 The Defence Human Sciences Symposium (DHSS) is coming to Adelaide University! Put the dates in your diary: 📆 17-19 November 2026
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Australia 🇦🇺, Japan 🇯🇵 and the United States 🇺🇸 have signed a new defence science and technology agreement to strengthen composite aircraft materials testing—supporting safer, more resilient military air platforms. ✈️ #DefenceScienceandTech #Airpower #Innovation
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⚛️ Today is #WorldQuantumDay and we’re celebrating the scientists, engineers and innovators turning #quantum theory into real-world technology. Watch the video to see how #DSTG experts test the boundaries of what’s possible, every day.
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📣 Call for Innovation The @ASCA_Aus Emerging & Disruptive Technologies Program is seeking Persistent and Pervasive ISR solutions from Australian industry and research. Submit via AusTender by Friday 15 May. spr.ly/6010B6xY4p #ISR #DefenceInnovation
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A new secure Common User Facility has opened at the @AMCTasmania bringing Defence, industry & academia together on sensitive research. Part of a $30m #DSTG partnership and fully operational in late March. #DefenceScience #Maritime #NavalCapability #Innovation
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A first‑of‑its‑kind #ADSUN research project is advancing waste‑to‑energy solutions to support Defence operations in northern Australia. Led by @QDSAlliance and @DSC_WA, the project will turn operational waste into usable power for #YourADF.
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🌊 For 20+ years, Bluelink has helped us understand the ocean in real-time - from planning routes to improving sonar performance and avoiding counter-detection. Today, on #WorldMeteorologicalDay we’re celebrating the science behind Australia’s maritime edge. #DSTG #Bluelink
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🌏 Harmony Week is an opportunity to celebrate Australia’s cultural diversity and the many backgrounds that shape us as a nation. We are proud of our diverse workforce, drawn from the Australian community we serve, where nearly half of all Australians have a parent born overseas.
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Moments from our DSTEM Conference 2026 ⚡📸. A showcase of innovation, collaboration and 10 years of STEM impact. 2027 Graduate applications are now open! #DSTEM2026 #DSTG #DefenceScience #DefenceIndustry #STEM #Innovation
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🌏 Celebrating International Women’s Day and the women who strengthen Defence. The theme, Balance the Scales, reminds us every woman deserves safety, respect, and opportunity #IWD2026
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🔋 National Battery Day 2026 - DSTG is developing safer, higher performance batteries from nickel‑zinc to new Australian Li‑ion chemistries. Australia’s future Defence platforms and systems need advanced, sovereign energy solutions.
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Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science! 👩🔬✨ Meet Natalie Withington, a molecular biologist growing mini livers using stem cells + 3D bioprinting to help Defence find safer treatments for chemical agent exposure. 🇦🇺🔬 #WomenInSTEM #DSTG #STEM #Innovation
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From supercomputing to AI, Kiowa Scott-Hurley is breaking barriers as an Aboriginal woman in STEM and an advocate for people with disabilities. Now featured in the RACI x Rebel Girls project, she hopes her journey inspires the next generation to chase big goals #WomenInSTEM #DSTG
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Save the date! Join us at the Australian Defence Science, Technology & Research Summit (ADSTAR), 4–6 Aug in Adelaide. Connect with Defence, industry, academia & govt to shape future capability. Paper guidelines now available at adstarsummit.com.au/papers
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2024 Minister’s Award recipient for Defence Science Achievement, Vivian Nguyen, bridges critical gap with her on-going leadership in the development of ATHENA - a world-leading enterprise-wide simulation, forecasting platform and workforce planning tool.
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Lead Supercomputing Capability DSTG Dr Stuart Midgley and Discipline Leader Quantum Computing DSTG Dr Ben Travaglione welcomed the fantastic turnout and the chance to collaborate.
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DSTG proudly shared our latest research, connected with leading physicists, at the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) Summer Meeting 2025, hosted by the University of Wollongong. An incredible turnout and a great opportunity for collaboration!
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⭐ Congratulations to #DSTG scientist Dr Peter Dawson, recipient of the 2025 DMTC Collaboration Award! The award recognises Dr Dawson’s outstanding leadership across multiple decision-support system projects.
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📢 2 weeks until Defence Human Sciences Symposium (DHSS) 2025! 📆 02-04 December 📍 The University of Western Australia (Perth) #DHSS registrations are still open! Please visit the DHSS webpage for further details - spr.ly/60117dbrV
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📢 Registrations are now OPEN for the Defence Human Sciences Symposium (DHSS)! 📆 02-04 December 📍 The University of Western Australia (Perth).
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#DSTG space engineer Franke Agenbag was recently named the Engineers Australia Emerging Professional Engineer of the Year for South Australia. She received the honour alongside Australia’s first astronaut, Katherine Bennell-Pegg. Congratulations! 👏
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Happy #WorldSpaceWeek from Buccaneer Main Mission 🛰️ 🚀 🌌 Our nanosatellite has spent the last six months of operation successfully demonstrating its primary experimental objectives – you could say the progress is out of this world!
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#DSTG is supporting a national effort to unravel the secrets of venom through the new Australian Venom Innovation and Discovery Initiative! Our talented Genomics and Biotechnology team are using their expertise in genomics and medical toxicology to contribute to the program.
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✨ 👏 Congrats! Defence Scientist Dr Kamal Gupta and colleague Dr Jafar Shojaii (MQ, UniMelb, SUT) have won the 2025 Department of Defence Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia - creating a radiation safe chip – protecting high-value electronic systems.
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Defence has signed a research agreement with industry partner @L3HarrisTech to develop underwater acoustic communication and sensing systems. These capabilities enable #YourADF to detect threats and maintain awareness in the challenging undersea environment. #DefenceScience
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Two cutting-edge technologies -- #DSTG’s Sharktooth and the UK’s Modular Weapons Testbed -- are leading the way to deliver asymmetric advantage for #YourADF. 🇦🇺 🇬🇧
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Defence scientists are supporting the shift to sustainability by investigating the properties of renewable fuels. Find out about their chemistry detective work: spr.ly/6010fSWL4 #ScienceWeek
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How do you navigate in the open ocean without GPS? Nicole is using Quantum science to support #YourADF by taking on this challenging puzzle. Find out more: spr.ly/6015fqrqB #ScienceWeek
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