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A Royal Australian Navy MH-60R Seahawk prepares to land on the flight deck of HMAS Adelaide during Wet and Dry Environment Rehearsals at Cowley Beach Training Area.

Defence Trailblazer to fund media deterrence project with future prediction model of irregular migration

Through the Defence Trailblazer’s Accelerating Sovereign Industrial Capabilities (ASIC) funding program, a multi-party collaborative research project agreement has been signed with M&C Saatchi World Services, the University of Adelaide, UNSW and Defence Trailblazer.

This project will enable Defence to look into the future and allocate resources accordingly to deter irregular migration journeys before they happen.

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Gallery: Defence Trailblazer Innovation Summit 2025

On 17 March 2025, Defence Trailblazer hosted an incredible lineup of speakers, engaging panel sessions, and interactive workshops at the Canberra Innovation Network for the inaugural Defence Trailblazer Innovation Summit. The feedback from our participants was overwhelmingly positive, highlighting the value of understanding how effective and productive collaborations between industry, academia, innovation and government can drive the commercialisation of research for years to come.

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Fivecast and University of Adelaide partner to identify information warfare in online networks

Defence Trailblazer is excited to announce that Adelaide-based company Fivecast, a global leader in open-source intelligence solutions, has signed a research project agreement with the University of Adelaide through the Technology Development & Acceleration (TDA) program. Through this collaborative research partnership, the project will advance Fivecast’s work on tracking how influence spreads within online social networks.

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