Australian cybersecurity firm Bluerydge has successfully demonstrated its sovereign artificial intelligence chatbot in a collaborative project with UNSW Canberra, supported by funding from Defence Trailblazer. Designed for use in secure and disconnected environments, SierraBlue is a custom large language model (LLM) purpose-built to support Defence and other sensitive sectors with mission-ready AI capability.
At Defence Trailblazer, the students we connect with industry partners are making a long-term impact in the workforce. Eugene Lamnek is one of dozens of students who’ve taken part in our Workforce Connect initiatives.
The ACE Training Centre, part of Toll Group Government and Defence, and UNSW are developing an advanced mixed reality helmet-based training system, funded by the Defence’s Trailblazer’s Accelerating Sovereign Industrial Capabilities (ASIC) program.
Ocius Technology and UNSW Canberra are partnering on a project to increase the rapid scaling of production of Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs). Supported by funding from Defence Trailblazer, the project is developing an integrated production and maintenance facility and an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered logistics support framework.
Praxis Labs (Praxis) and members of the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) at the University of Adelaide are developing a new generation of camouflage photovoltaic solar modules, with funding from Defence Trailblazer. The project will demonstrate the first prototype of a ‘Camouflaged Tactical Solar’ module to support the energy resilience of Defence systems.
Cleard Life Vetting Agency and UNSW Canberra have announced a strategic research partnership aimed at revolutionising the personnel vetting processes through the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The project is supported by funding from Defence Trailblazer’s Accelerating Sovereign Industrial Capabilities (ASIC) program.
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.
DEWC Services, in collaboration with the University of Adelaide and Defence Trailblazer, is leading an advanced research initiative into Hybrid Moving Target Defence (MTD) for container-based cloud environments. This project leverages Reinforcement Learning (RL) to develop an AI-driven cyber defence framework that adapts dynamically to evolving threats.