Next Generation Technologies Fund - Small Business Innovation Research for Defence - Call for Applications - June 2018
Tender ID: 357953
Tender Details
Tender Description
Small Business Innovation Research for Defence (SBIRD) is a program encouraging Australian Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) (including University start ups) to undertake research projects under the Next Generation Technologies Fund (Next Gen Tech Fund) in the following topic.
The Australian Defence Force uses remotely piloted fixed wing aircraft for some tactical surveillance operations. When deployed over a surveillance area, the aircraft is vulnerable to visual and acoustic detection from the target areas on the ground.
The aircraft is silhouetted against the sky, which varies in luminance and colour, therefore a single colour of coating may not minimise detection in all situations. Similarly, the acoustic noise generated by the aircraft may alert a surveillance target prior to its visual observability. Novel solutions are sought that can:
1. Adapt to changing conditions to reduce the visual detectability against a sky background; and/or
2. Reduce/change the acoustic signature of these small aircrafts to make them less acoustically detectable in different environmental conditions.
Location
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
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