Australian DefenceScience, Volume 13, Number 3, Spring

Abstract

CONTENTS: The quest for faster quieter running in the deep - DSTO has established a collaborative inter-agency initiative designed to strengthen Australia's capability in experimental and computational hydrodynamics to support future underwater platform development. Fatigue testing allows Hawk to go safely aloft - The Hawk Mk. 127 Lead-In Fighter is undergoing fatigue testing to establish the airframe endurance limits. Safe let-down for airborne supplies - After a series of incidents in which air-dropped goods and equipment were damaged during Australian Defence Force (ADF) operations, DSTO was requested to investigate the dynamic crush characteristics of the energy dissipating material (EDM) being used to cushion the ground impact of air-dropped goods. Soft option with huge potential in fibre optics - DSTO is undertaking collaborative research with the University of Adelaide in the recently formed Centre of Expertise in Photonics to explore the exciting possibilities offered by new-generation optical fibre technology. A crystal clear view with HDTV - DSTO's electro-optical surveillance testbed has been fitted with high definition television (HDTV) imaging equipment to examine improvements in the quality of visual material this technology offers and how best to use it. Aussie Tiger bares its teeth - DSTO researchers supported trials in Woomera in May this year for the first test firing of a Hellfire missile from Australia's new Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH). The test firing was one of a sequence designed to demonstrate the safe and effective deployment of the laser-guided missile, which has a longer range capability than those used on European versions of the Tiger. UC2 offers new view on command and control - DSTO recently issued a theoretical document, A Dialectic for Network Centric Warfare, containing new understandings about ways to conduct the command and control aspects of conflict.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA494679

Entities

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Guided Missiles
  • High Definition Television
  • Laser Guidance
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Optical Fibers
  • Optics
  • Reconnaissance
  • Research Facilities
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control