Australian DefenceScience. Volume 15, Number 2, Winter

Abstract

CONTENTS: New monitoring tool takes heat off deployed personnel - Personnel working in hot environments must manage their body temperatures to avoid the debilitating effects of heat-induced illness. Closer look into Australian maritime heroism at Gallipoli - DSTO is participating in a marine archaeology project. Cover versus concealment - the crucial difference - DSTO is conducting trials on the ability of various kinds of cover available to infantry in combat situations (such as the walls of buildings) to provide protection against fire. The results show that some solid forms of shelter may not be as benign or as enduring as many soldiers might think, with important lessons offered both for the use of shelter and for attacks being made on it. Getting priorities right for military communications - During times of high network stress for military communications, congestion can limit the ability of mission-critical information to get through. DSTO has devised a system known as the Military Bandwidth Broker (M-BB) to ensure that preferential treatment is given to more important information flows. Advanced traffic management skills for autonomous vehicles - DSTO has participated in two research projects recently to give unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) the capability of avoiding collisions in flight with their own kind, and to help unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) autonomously establish the best way to traverse difficult terrain. Both ventures have resulted in ground-breaking outcomes. Wiki knowledge network tool for Defence - DSTO has developed an online resource, known as Logwiki, which provides a new way for Defence personnel to acquire, share and develop knowledge related to logistics. Putting a face to an invisible enemy - DSTO had developed tools that model the behaviour of invisible chemical, biological, radiological (CBR) agents under various environmental conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA494689

Entities

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Cameras
  • Collision Avoidance Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Image Processing
  • Military Communications
  • Network Protocols
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control