Defence Trailblazer is pleased to announce the launch of a new $2.5 million Defence Industry Growth & Resilience (DIGR) voucher program. DIGR is designed to support the strategic objectives of the Defence Trailblazer program and is exclusively available to our existing Defence Trailblazer industry partners.
Under the Trailblazer program, 14 Australian universities and 228 industry partners have co-invested a total of $1.02 billion to build new research capabilities and drive commercialisation outcomes at speed and scale, to accelerate Australia’s innovation agenda.
Inovor Technologies, a leading Australian provider of sovereign satellite mission solutions, is partnering with the University of Adelaide to develop a small satellite that will demonstrate cutting-edge super-resolution imaging technology in space. The project is supported by funding from the Defence Trailblazer’s Technology Development & Acceleration program.
UBIQUT Pty Ltd, established by Out The Back (OTB) Ventures, and its university partner UNSW are developing low-cost organic quantum sensors that surpass the limitations of traditional magnetic field sensors. Funded by Defence Trailblazer’s Accelerating Sovereign Industrial Capabilities (ASIC) program, the project will develop a field deployable prototype for tactical sensing in challenging areas.
Defence Trailblazer has seen a strong start to 2025, with 35 industry-led projects contracted to fast-track the translation of defence research & development (R&D) activities, and 19 further projects in the pipeline. The projects involve 26 different industry partners and represent $135M of R&D activities aligned to Australian Defence requirements in areas of strategic priority.
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Akula Tech and UNSW are developing a novel framework for deploying heterogeneous drone swarms, supported by funding from Defence Trailblazer. The project aims to enhance defence capabilities by allowing autonomous swarms to respond adaptively to battlefield conditions.
Defence Trailblazer, the University of Adelaide DualTech-USPL Group and HB11 Energy have signed an $8.2million collaborative Research Project Agreement to advance the development and commercialisation of hydrogen-boron fusion technology.