Research

Research

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The Sir Lawrence Wackett Defence and Aerospace Centre enables RMIT to bring together its world-class infrastructure and research strengths in solving complex problems of today and anticipating the challenges of tomorrow.

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Impact in Sea, Air, Land, Space & Cyber

Advanced Manufacturing & Sustainment

Sensor Technologies & High Speed Flight Systems

Trusted Autonomy & Digital Engineering

Additive Manufacturing

Antennas & Radar Systems

Autonomous Systems & AI

Composites & Textiles

Photonics & Quantum PNT Sensor Technologies

Digital Twins (Aerostructure Design & Simulation)

Structural Integrity & Sustainment

Propulsion Systems

Rapid Prototyping & Testing

Research enablers

AI / ML Big Data Quantum Photonics
Industry 4.0 Cyber Global Relations and Security
Ethics Training & Education Supply Chain Logistics

Supporting Research Infrastructure

 

Multi-Disciplinary Material Science and Sustainment

  • Centre for Advanced Defence – Structures and Materials Experimentation
  • Advanced Manufacturing Precinct (AMP)
  • Multifunctional Composites Research Group; Functional Materials & Microsystems Research Group
  • Centre for Additive Manufacturing (CAM)
  • Centre for Innovative Structures & Materials (CISM)
  • Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC)
  • Advanced Composites Manufacturing CRC (ACM CRC)
  • ARC Centres of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS)
  • Digital Innovation Hub – Industry 4.0

 

Information, Sensors and High-Speed Flight Systems

  • Integrated Photonics and Applications Centre (InPAC)
  • ARC CoE for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology
  • ARC CoE in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS)
  • Radio Frequency, Antennas and Radars Group, Electronic warfare
  • Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group
  • Quantum Sensing group, photonic chips and sensors
  • High Speed Flight Group and Propulsion Laboratory
  • Precision Quantum Sensing (PQS)
  • Optical Gyroscopes for Autonomous Navigation

 

Trusted Autonomy and Cyber / Physical Systems

  • Flight Sciences and Digital Twin
  • Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence CRC (TASDCRC)
  • CSIRO/Data61 Next Generation Graduate Scholarship Programs in Aerospace and Defence
  • Trusted Autonomy and Human-Machine Teaming and Swarming
  • RACE AWS, AR/VR/MR Lab, and AI Innovation Hub
  • Multi-agent coordination for undersea surveillance
  • CDU / RMIT TESTLAB and Flight-Testing Centre
  • Prototyping and Wind Tunnels
  • Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CCSRI) and Blockchain Technologies
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RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.

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