Enabling Technologies

The development of platform-independent technologies has been a hallmark of DMTC’s contribution to the defence and national security sectors for more than a decade.

Deep understanding and expert evaluation of the precise properties and performance of current and next-generation materials and structures is vitally important in this regard.

DMTC’s Enabling Technologies Program works with a range of industry partners and is informed by latest Australian and international research in overcoming technical barriers and successfully mitigating technical risk as these cross-platform technologies advance along the readiness level continuum.

In one application, the Program team is working to extend and pursue new applications for functional antenna solutions.

Originally conceived for application in aerospace platforms and then successfully transferred to land vehicle applications, DMTC and its partners are now looking at opportunities in uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Collaboration between industry partner Skyborne, DSTG and The University of Queensland (UQ) is developing functional antenna solutions for Skyborne’s UAV platforms. This work includes exploration of 3-D printed communication antennas as a more rapid manufacturing solution.