From the 12th to the 14th of July, the 2024 cohort of Entrepreneurial Foundations for Defence (EFD) program came together in Adelaide at the National Wine Centre of Australia for a three-day intensive.
On the 19th of June, the inaugural IP, Industry & Impact Masterclass took place in Adelaide at the University of Adelaide’s North Terrace campus. Early to mid-career researchers. along with a number of professional staff came together for a two-hour workshop delivered by Innovation and Commercialisation experts in conjunction with industry leaders.
Through the IRP, a PhD candidate from the University of Adelaide, Chung Fang, is now working at Saab Australia to research how large-scale autonomous swarms can assist difficult underwater missions with their ability to cover a larger sea area, sense more objects, and do this at a lower cost than traditional crewed assets.
Defence Trailblazer’s new Accelerating Sovereign Industrial Capabilities (ASIC) grant funding program will enable businesses to fast-track the translation of defence research & development (R&D) activities for the delivery of capabilities aligned to the new Sovereign Defence Industrial Priorities (SDIPs). Up to $12 million in funding will be available.
SRC Aus has partnered with the Defence Trailblazer to provide an internship for a young professional to gain industry experience in the development and testing of electronic warfare sensors to support Defence capability.
A new Defence Trailblazer project brings together experts from the University of Adelaide and industry partner Cisco to develop cutting-edge technologies for secure military platforms.
Technology company CAE joins forces with UNSW under the Defence Trailblazer to simulate operational environments.
UNSW Sydney and Northrop Grumman Australia are partnering to develop new sovereign capability for the Australian Defence Force. In conjunction with Northrop Grumman Australia & Professor Robert Malaney (UNSW Sydney), the project will work to enable ultra-secure communications that would be impervious to adversarial attacks in the electromagnetic spectrum.