Program Partners

Elsewhere in a multi-year project supported by funding from the Defence Innovation Hub and building on years of underpinning research led by DSTG, DMTC and partners are advancing the technology behind the development of Nano Protective Adsorbent Composite (NPAC) fabrics.

DMTC has brought together a diverse and multidisciplinary team to work on this complex challenge. Partners in the DMTC project include industry partners Bruck Textiles and NanoLayr along with DSTG, RMIT and CSIRO.

DMTC’s work centres on a lightweight, prototype Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) suit to support the CBRN-Defence protection requirements of ADF personnel.

This innovation will achieve the twin aims of providing Defence with a capability that does not exist today and contributing to sovereign industrial capability outcomes.

The project is also expected to prompt further research collaborations in the area of advanced textiles and expand the knowledge base and skills of Australian and New Zealand industry related to nanofibre and composite fabric production, CBRN suit design and manufacture.

DMTC is regularly benchmarking and confirming the relevance of its work outputs through engagement with Defence programs such as Diggerworks and through monitoring of developments in current and future phases of Defence projects such as LAND 2110 and LAND 125.

DMTC and its partners are working to build Australian industry capability to capitalise on new technology horizons across the air domain. The span of this effort covers new technology developments, innovation in sustainment and advances in the use of existing additive manufacturing (AM) technologies and techniques.

DMTC is continuing to work with industry and research partners across a range of sustainment challenges for the Defence customer, ranging from detailed material characterisation and selection to inhibit corrosion to deposition techniques allowing for the restoration of parts that are used, worn