Australian DefenceScience. Volume 12, Number 3, Spring
Abstract
CONTENTS: Enhancing cartography with digital mapping - DSTO is exploring the latest in digital technologies to enhance cartographic materials. Autonomous UAV flight a world first - Autonomous, Intelligent Agent-controlled flight was achieved by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This flight demonstrated both in-flight Intelligent Agent control of the aircraft and fully autonomous mission selection capabilities. Missile countermeasures from flares to lasers - Major breakthroughs in laser design have led to the MUltiband Research Laser INfrared (MURLIN) unit. The MURLIN program aims to enhance the capability of existing directed infrared countermeasure systems (DIRCMs). Explosives trial blasts out safety data - An explosives trial held at Woomera in South Australia in May this year is providing data that will inform international safety criteria for the safe storage of explosives. Following changes in ammunition design and storage practices over recent decades, many analysts worldwide have come to the view that correctly stored modern ammunition is safer than before, and so, current safety distances from magazines should be re-assessed. Safer mine clearance with new lift bag - DSTO has developed a safer and more reliable means of removing underwater explosive mines. The Cormorant Lift Bag is an inflatable device capable of remotely raising underwater objects weighing up to 1000 kilograms from depths of 90 metres. Making aircraft less visible to infrared eyes - DSTO researchers have been investigating the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of providing ADF aircraft with infrared (IR) signature suppression technologies to reduce the likelihood of successful engagement by IR guided missiles. Giselle - antenna with a difference - A new kind of antenna has been developed by DSTO for direction-finding and geo-location purposes The significance of this technology is that it allows these activities to be undertaken using vehicle-mounted antennae in the field.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA494686
Entities
Organizations
- Defence Science and Technology Group