Defence seeks research proposals for high temperature structures

DMTC Ltd and Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group are encouraging Australian industry, universities, and research organisations to submit applied research proposals aimed at supporting development of high-temperature structures and sub-assemblies.

Collaborations supported under the RFP will directly align with the aims of the Australian defence and national security community by complementing parallel efforts in the field, and supporting the development of sovereign industrial capability with specific elements and knowledge which will be crucial in building full-scale hypersonic platforms. (See the news last month of the Hype-X project, involving DSTG, DMTC, Quickstep ands others.)

Australian industry, universities and research agencies have demonstrated an ability to design, fabricate and test individual components and materials associated with hypersonic platforms at laboratory scale (TRL 3 to 4), DMTC said in a statement last week. The logical next phase will be to collaborate to conduct applied research that supports the design, fabrication and testing of critical sub-assemblies at a representative scale (TRL 5 to 6).

Collaborations would contribute to the body of knowledge in assembly of high temperature structures, as well as developing critical capability associated with larger-scale fabrication. Work of this nature will also highlight gaps to be filled across the process of building a mature end-to-end capability.

Proposals will be accepted until September 9. More information is available here.

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